Remember

…Proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free and I won’t forget the men who died and gave that right to me….. Artist: Lee Greenwood, Song: God Bless the USA

Memorial Day…

A still Monday in May

Let it always sway

Honoring Veterans where they lay

For there be no more today

Just owning yesterday

Never knowing God’s plan

Hard to be a man

Protecting this land

Buddies struggling in the jungle or in the sand

This be a tight band

Vowing I can

Once full of life

Nobody wanted this strife

Balanced on the edge of a knife

Thinking about a wife

Or maybe a mother, for she, like no other

Attend the parade

Avoid the fade

Never grade

Can’t afford afraid

Who would trade

Too many, so dearly paid

Brother, sister, daughter or son

In foreign lands until done

Aiming the gun

Loading ammo by the ton

Enemies to shun

Souls pledged not to run

In the end, who won

So many brave

Designed to save

Fighting wave after wave

Some hidden in caves

Never be a slave

Avoid the grave

Just look at what They gave

Constrained by structure

Sacrificing a future

Repeatedly, it’s yes sir

Could be he or perhaps her

Questioning pure

Never sure

A true Patriot’s allure

Yes, families grieve

From the moment their loved one leaves

Chests do heave

Fixated on tapestries these Angels did weave

And now the tombstone

Like some millstone

So Alone

Never fully grown

Ain’t no war zone

Here, Forever be a Revered Throne

James Meehan

Barrington