Soldier. Soldier. Poem by Ogolla Enock

Soldier, Soldier,
This vile world is not a place of peace
You cant expect to dwell in ease
While others paid the ultimate price
and sealed it with their lives.

Bear of the cross and count the cost,
You can not lighten any load until you
fill the pressure on your own shoulders

Soldier, Soldier.
Brave the wild. Fight. Fight.
not just the battles you can win
but all you must win or die.

Victory attends the brave and true
and God is ever with you,
not to ponder your pain from a distance
till you beg for his intervention

but to increase your might
and make your sacrifices complete.
What He expects of you isn't just
the best you can, but the impossible.

Soldier. Soldier. Keep up.
See it through. Throughout all ages,
Men have gained victory not by
quitting but fighting till the end.

Let faith, love, and hope abide in you,
for out of it comes honor, dignity, and respect.
Without which life has no meaning.

Soldier, Soldier,
This vile world is not a place of peace
You cant expect to dwell in ease
While others paid the ultimate price
and sealed it with their lives.

Bear of the cross and count the cost,
You can not lighten any load until you
fill the pressure on your own shoulders

Ogolla Enock,6th March,2023