Just found this on 4chan. It could use some revision as something of the rhymes are terrible but it is entertaining nonetheless
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE EMPEROR'S DAY,
HE FOUGHT ALL ALONE,
IN A FOUR FOOT DEEP TRENCH LINED
WITH PLASTEEL AND STONE.
I HAD TRAVELED THE WARP
WITH PRESENTS ALRIGHT,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO,
IN THIS HOLE DID FIGHT.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO COMMISSAR, NO TANKS
NOT EVEN A TECHPRIEST.
NO SERGEANTS YELLING ORDERS,
JUST A GUARDSMAN WATCHING,
A RIDGE FULL OF XENO
OF PURE EVIL CHARGING.
WITH SCARS AND CUTS,
INJURIES OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT,
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS POSITION WAS DOOMED,
IT WAS GRIM AND DARK,
I FOUND THE LAST STAND OF A SOLDIER,
ONE I COULD SEE so STARK.
THE SOLDIER STARED UNBLINKING
SILENT, ALONE,
HIS LASRIFLE AT THE READY
PRESSED TO HIS SHOULDER BONE.
HIS FACE WAS SO CALM,
THE WORLD IN CALAMITY,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A GUARDSMAN OF HUMANITY.
WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST SCRYED?
LEANING AGAINST THE RUBBLE,
UNYIELDING, HIS NERVES UNFRIED?
I REALIZED ALL HUMANS
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE GUARDSMEN,
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
>> Anonymous 12/24/08(Wed)01:33 No.3234840
SOON ROUND THE GALAXY,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD HAPPILY PRAISE,
A BRIGHT EMPEROR'S DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED LIVING
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE GUARDSMEN,
LIKE THE ONE STANDING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY STOOD ALONE,
ON A COLD EMPEROR'S DAY EVE
ON A PLANET FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT,
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DREW MY BURNING SWORD
AND PREPARED FOR THE FIGHT.
THE SOLDIER DID TURN
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
"MY EMPEROR, REST EASY
THIS DEATH IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
FOR THIS IS MY DUTY,
MY LIFE IS MY EMPEROR'S,
FROM YOUR MOUTH I HEAR TRULY."
THE GUARDSMEN TURNED
AND FACED THE CHARGE,
OF IMPENDING DEATH,
FROM CREATURES SO LARGE.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
UNTIL THE HILL WAS STILL
AND THE GUARDSMAN LAY BROKEN
ON A BLOODY RED HILL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER COUGHED ALOUD,
WITH A VOICE STRONG AND TRUE,
CRYING, "AVE IMPERATOR,
IT'S EMPEROR'S DAY, THIS WORLD IS SECURE."
ONE LOOK BACK AT THE FALLEN,
AND THE VICTORY HE'D WON.
"HAPPY EMPEROR'S DAY MY GUARDSMAN,
REST IN PEACE, MY SON."