{"id":28754,"date":"2016-07-31T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28754"},"modified":"2016-07-31T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T14:17:17","slug":"the-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/the-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A willingness and inclination<br \/>\nA gratuitous effort To please<br \/>\nThe keen obligation and spirit<br \/>\nUnprompted is offered with ease<br \/>\nResolve and a vigour to finish<br \/>\nA constancy that all can feel<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s tenaciously there for the voiceless<br \/>\nAnd gives of himself with great zeal<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a dangerous task as a Ranger<br \/>\nUp against mercenaries who<br \/>\nWork in the shadows where shame and abuse<br \/>\nDoes take a lot out of you<br \/>\nIn pursuit of the big bucks awareness<br \/>\nComes to the fore so to say<br \/>\nMany have died or been wounded<br \/>\nPatrolling the forests today<\/p>\n<p>As virulence swings into action<br \/>\nMalignity hits the spot too<br \/>\nThey come armed with weaponry right up to date<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a sinister world where a few<\/p>\n<p>Suck up to criminal gangs and the like<br \/>\nDetestable soldiers of fate<br \/>\nThey can just ambush you out in the bush<br \/>\nWhere in many ways,  you are just bait<br \/>\nNo Princely ransom for any of you<br \/>\nUp against criminals actually who<br \/>\nGet a big cut for the risks are now high<br \/>\nMore getting caught and some even die<\/p>\n<p>The rangers are well trained and they know the score<br \/>\nA labour of love something they adore<br \/>\nThey devote their heart thrust to protection and they<br \/>\nCan be Killed in the field now just any day<br \/>\nAnd there are several families who have seen victims fall<br \/>\nThe resistance is great but so is the wall<br \/>\nOf poachers and canned hunters doing their thing<br \/>\nFighting the fight and trying to bring<br \/>\nA new wave of killings onto the earth<br \/>\nSeizing the Moment and giving off worth<\/p>\n<p>Knowing the animals that they protect<br \/>\nWorking together trying to detect<br \/>\nThe robber the bandit the low life those who<br \/>\nAre ready to fire and direct it at you<br \/>\nThe Rangers stand up for the right to be sure<br \/>\nThey take on the evil like never before<br \/>\nEnlivened and warm hearted men who proclaim<br \/>\nThe need to protect as part of the same<\/p>\n<p>Self reliant and fearless<br \/>\nUndaunted some say<br \/>\nHeroic in battle most every day<br \/>\nDogged and determined to bring them to heel<br \/>\nThe robbers and bandits who like to conceal<br \/>\nNotorious people worthy to be<br \/>\nBreathing the air that the Rangers breathe we<br \/>\nMust see the unsung the nameless the brave<br \/>\nUp against rogues with the heart of a knave<\/p>\n<p>Full marks to the Rangers salute them I say<br \/>\nSaving the animals now night and day<br \/>\nRisking their lives and fighting like hell<br \/>\nThe riff-raff are out there waiting to sell<br \/>\nThe spoils on black markets the uncultured crew<br \/>\nIn their own state of war now having to do<br \/>\nThe bad and the ugly the hatred and pain<br \/>\nAnd praise them for their duty again and again<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to the Rangers where ever they dedicate themselves<br \/>\nTo the voiceless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A willingness and inclination A gratuitous effort To please The keen obligation and spirit Unprompted is offered with ease Resolve and a vigour to finish A constancy that all can feel He&#8217;s tenaciously there for the voiceless And gives of &hellip; 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