4/13/24
Great burdens felt, so many things undone
Requesting aid, but help was slow to come
The soldier fought to fend away the foe
With muscles weak and energies now low
Another came to test the soldier’s strength
The soldier held his ground for quite a length
Of time, until companions came to aid
This weary man, to see the nighttime fade
His strength then grew with space his friends had gained
Renewed, he fought, still more, with ground maintained
While still so few, the aid sufficed the mend
The soldier’s strife and reach a happy end
Pilgrim Poet 