'This too shall pass', I repeat this each night, <br />These words are spoken even still, despite <br />The languish of my heart, and its lament, <br />I follow this mantra, wherest ever I am sent! <br /> <br />Not just for self, certainly, do I remain steadfast! <br />My children, of far greater import, than upon myself, I'd cast! <br />For them, this is why I do remain true, <br />For the love of same, naught would I refuse to do! <br /> <br />For purpose far greater than merely myself, alone <br />I do plod on, secure in knowledge of my truth's tone! <br />Righteousness is my strength, shan't it, from me, wither! <br />Your's is deceit, yet we shall coax thee hither! <br /> <br />Integrity, Service, Excellence-an Airman's Creed: <br />Words that one lives by, are not just words, indeed! <br /> <br />Maurice Harris,21 July 2008<br /><br />Maurice Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-too-shall-pass-7/
