When they <br /> With hearts hard as iron <br /> Filled sleep with nightmares <br /> Memories to break all asunder <br /> I stood and endured. <br /> <br /> When they <br /> Forced my step towards Hell's gates <br /> With Fierce tongued lies <br /> There was always the song my father sang <br /> And I stood and endured.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-they/
