Self-Sacrifice

Easy to say, yet
Too distant to know that
So many who went
Did not return home,
Falling victim instead to
Self-sacrifice, 
Lost to the twilight
Of bleak catacombs.

And none can imagine
His unselfish loyalty
Save for the brothers who
Stood by his side,
Who tendered their service
In liberty’s kinship,
Carried her banner
With honor and pride.

He asks for no pity,
Not tributes or tears,
He charges no onus to
Kismet or fate
For he knows retribution
Aligns with the ages,
Arrayed at the aperture of
Heaven’s gate.

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