God and Country

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Would you die for your country
For your faith in your God
Would you pledge allegiance
That truth be not scarred

Did you learn of these virtues
As a youth duly schooled
Trained to chant catechisms
Expected of fools

Will you forge craven mettle
Do you cry from your fear
Is your selfish moment
More than all we hold dear

In the depths of your being
At the core of your heart
Can you not find the courage
Are your gifts all for nought

Can you live as a servant,
A brother to all
Will you fight for the triumph of truth
Lest we fall

Are not heroes and martyrs
Made saints for love’s sake
Are not mansions in Heaven
The glories at stake

Don’t you yet know that freedom,
Peace, eternal reward
Mean allegiance to country
And faith in your God

How am I challenged?
Cast away cheating wonder
Save your own soul my brother
Choose! Virtue or blunder?

Pray, pledge ye a champion
For all to applaud
Won’t you die for your country
For your faith in your God

Copyright © 2004 by Marc E. Brodeur
Just scratching where it itches!

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