The final bridge prevailed
Over tumbling white smoke,
Sent out in a blast
Around its concrete legs

Still it rose,
Unchanged
By the villainous blaze

As shells buried the cries
Of crusaders amassed,
From every selfless port,
Sprawled beneath the stars

They swarmed
Defying, the wheeze and crack
Of fanatical bullets

And their guardian stood firm
Commanding them across
To the weakening pulse
Of a once feared beast