The Vigil

Hard men assemble
From past and distant armies
Strange suits dark glasses
They stand as he passes
Silent in their grief

 

By Ben Fitzpatrick

 

FILE PHOTO (August 2011): Snipers from Mentoring Task Force – Three form a guard around their recently fallen comrade, Private Matthew Lambert, at Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. Photo by Able Seaman Jo Dilorenzo.

 

 
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