Oct 2012
The blank parchment is wordlessly taunting me
Shall I write out a Will? Or a Plea?
The troops of Santa Anna surround us,
Should I surrender unconditionally?
No! I’ve replied with the cannon!
I’m determined to here make my Stand.
My life and my honor for Texas,
My beloved adopted homeland.
Their red flag of no quarter is flying.
So far I have not lost a man.
Ceaseless is their cannonading,
“Victory or Death!”- My command.
Shall I write out a Will? Or a Plea?
The troops of Santa Anna surround us,
Should I surrender unconditionally?
No! I’ve replied with the cannon!
I’m determined to here make my Stand.
My life and my honor for Texas,
My beloved adopted homeland.
Their red flag of no quarter is flying.
So far I have not lost a man.
Ceaseless is their cannonading,
“Victory or Death!”- My command.
Imagine it is February 24, 1836 and you ar Lt. Col. William Barret Travis at the Alamo in San Antonio. the letter he then wrote asking for reinforcements will be displayed to the public at the mission building for the first time since it was smuggled out by courier on that date. Travis and his men had , at most, 12 more days to live.
