MENTOR MENTORIA

I dropped in over at Corrente where Xan had a post about Army recruiters changing their tactics and I felt a cold, lifeless shudder down to my toes. I posted the following song as a response...

Mentor Mentoria

Hold me close, my favored angel
Help me see without the light
The bonds of a true friendship
Hold the key to what is right

Restless are the legs that carry
A youth into the world
My heart is hidden treasure
My life a precious pearl

Show to me the paths of glory
That await us in the sun
We will find what we are seeking
And one day we we will be done

(chorus)
Get along my handsome soldier
Get along, my precious son
With my hand upon your shoulder
I will guide you on and on
When the guns all get to blazing
When the bombs blow up your rig
Remember how I held you
In the grave I helped to dig

Love, it is a given
Trust is always earned
Life is flaming fire
Be careful or get burned

It is a wonder and a mystery
This life from God above
Some He will abandon
And some He will but shove

Look ahead to countless mornings
When the sun shines on your eyes
We will laugh about forgiveness
The dead no longer cry

(chorus)
Get along my handsome soldier
Get along, my precious son
With my hand upon your shoulder
I will guide you on and on
When the guns all get to blazing
When the bombs blow up your rig
Remember how I held you
In the grave I helped to dig

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