Sole Survivor

They are all dead now

Vance, Harry, Lester and the rest

I was the sole survivor

Prospering, happy but not smug

I’ll miss that old gang of mine

Brave lads everyone

But I must go on

Perseverance its own reward

I’ll fight mightily to see that their sacrifices

Were not in vain

I see them still in visions

Bold, handsome, strong and determined

Who could have foreseen that they’d all be gone

So soon

And that I, of all of us, would be left

To carry on

Their vision

But first I must build my fortune

I can’t really honor them while I’m so

Middle class

It takes funding to see through a true

Dedication to their memories that fulfills our

Mission

So now I earn

And for them I live a good life

They’d want it that way, I'm sure

This is the best I can do for them

Those gallant young men who paid

The

Ultimate

Price

Sacrifice

Must honor

It

Them

But not until the time is right

And I am mighty

The sword

This time and forever