11/11/2024
To the memory of silent footsteps
That beside us once did fall
We pause but for a moment
And in reverence do recall
For the hand that held the leash
They served our country well
Therefore we who do remain
Will their stories ever tell.
Some did come home
Along with us, tails held high
While others left empty collars
And in foreign soil now silently they lie
They are forever our guardian angels
Clad in soft and coloured fur
As present now in our hearts
As they ever and always were.
- To The War Dog by Christopher Dion