The Song of the Sun and the Moon

There Are Many Kinds Of Soldiers

There are many kinds of soldiers spread about our lands,
There are many types of weapons that fall into our hands,
There are the career soldiers who have chosen the life of service,
Those who go to serve and have chosen to enlist,
They are trained to hold a rifle and how to find the enemy,
And then sent away from family to protect us oversea,
They battle physically in the running and the dodging,
In the bombs they find buried in the earth that are lodging,
They live in a hard world full of pain and blood and loss,
They live with the shadow that they may add to the row on row of cross,
But they fight for our freedom and our ability to live in peace,
And I pray that our hope in them shall never decease.

Then there are the soldiers of change and humanity,
Who fight for all of our rights to be free,
The soldiers who see the injustice in this place,
Who work to build a loving society from the top to the base,
They face many a resistance in their quest to free us of our chains,
They go through ridicule, hatred, bullying and pains,
They have fought for equality and a world with no walls,
They hear and obey when destiny calls,
There are many kinds of soldiers spread about our lands,
But these are the ones who have shaped our future with their hands.

Then there are the soldiers of courage and strength,
Life has thrown sticks and stones and pushed them to great lengths,
They have faced their inner demons and emerged stronger still,
Choices taken away from them and their options minimal,
But their hearts can be stronger than the vessels that carry them,
They are given grey rocks and can find the non existent gem,
Because their bravery laughs in the face of defeat,
When life gives them fire, they merely turn up the heat,
There are many kinds of soldiers spread about our lands,
But these are the people who cannot be moved from where they stand.

Then there are the soldiers who sacrifice for others,
Who only ever think about other people as their sisters and their brothers,
Their selfless sacrifices often find themselves exhausted and run down,
But they will work tirelessly to never see you frown,
They will fight your every corner and always have your back,
They will fill your empty hearts with love and smooth every crack,
They will give you everything while they have nothing to claim as their own,
But even through all of that, you will never hear them moan,
There are many kinds of soldiers spread about our lands,
But these are the people who will do all that they can.

There are many kinds of soldiers spread about our lands,
There are many types of weapons that fall into our hands,
But there are many kinds of love we soldier for and fight,
There are many types of people who lead a path of light,
To soldier through this life and all it tosses in our path,
We simply need link hands and live, love and laugh.