A SOLDIER'S PRAYER

Remember me as i walk away
for you i lived and died this day
And in this moment i can recall
that as i fell i still stood tall
Into the falling night i cry
tell them i love them and tell them why
I am not there to see them grow
or curb the wild oats they sow
I am the one with arms held wide
even in death not stepping aside
For god and country i am here
your pain i hold i feel your fear
Freedom is my gift to you
as i left, this price i knew
I am so cold and so afraid
and as the fear begins to fade
I think of those to follow me
to give their lives to liberty
As i taste death's embrace
i pray for strength and a bit of grace
Let me die as i have lived
leaving nothing to forgive
My eyes are heavy let me rest
I know now i have done my best

Gen Amir Faisal Alvi Shaheed

Capt Bilal Zafar Shaheed

Capt Waqqas Zameer Shaheed

Major Zia Shaheed

Capt Omer Zeb Shaheed

Capt Omer Zeb Shaheed

Capt Jonaid Khan Shaheed

Capt Bilal Zafar Abbasi Shaheed

...just a few images, and thousands of others willing to lay their lives for their beloved homeland, Pakistan.