Courageous Warrior Vagabond Men

THE DEPTH AND THE BREADTH,
OF MOST MEN THAT I’VE KNOWN,
THEIR CHARACTERS FLAWED,
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OWED,
SPEAK LITTLE TO NOTHING,
OF THE MEN I KNOW NOW.
MY BROTHERS, MY MENTORS, MY STUDENTS, MY FRIENDS,
THE SOULS THAT I TRUST TO ETERNITIES END,
THESE MEN,
THESE COURAGEOUS, WARRIOR, VAGABOND MEN,
INSPIRE AND PROVOKE ME,
JUST AS I DO FOR THEM.
ITS THAT PLEASURE AND THAT PAIN,
WHICH REMINDS US THIS IS TRUE,
IT’S THE LOVE WITHOUT FEAR,
THAT OUR HEARTS PUMP BLOOD THROUGH.
THE BOND OF OUR BROTHERHOOD,
IS NEITHER SACRED, NOR NEW,
THERE ARE NO PRIVATE RITUALS.
NO SECRET DANCE.
WE SIMPLY TALK.
AND COMMIT.
THEN FOLLOW THROUGH.
WE ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND EVERYONE NEW,
AS MEN WE STRIVE TO EMBRACE THE THINGS WE RESPECT,
WE ENJOY WHAT LIFE OFFERS,
WE ACCEPT CONSTANT CHANGE,
WE DESIRE NOTHING MORE THAN TO STAND UP AND BE BRAVE.
MEN FIGHT,
AND MEN STRUGGLE,
‘CAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.
IT’S THE MEN,
THE REAL MEN,
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO,
IT’S THOSE MEN THAT MAKE CHOICES.
THAT LEARN.
THAT GROW.
THAT CHANGE.
IT’S THOSE MEN I KNOW NOW,
THEIR CHARACTERS STILL FLAWED,
BUT THEIR PERSONALITIES GROWN,
IT’S THOSE COURAGEOUS, WARRIOR, VAGABOND MEN,
THAT I WOULD DIE FOR.
THAT I WOULD LIVE FOR.
WHOM I’LL TRUST TO THE END.
MY BROTHERS, MY CONFIDANTS, MY ADVISORS, MY FRIENDS.