Memorial Day

What a crazy weekend! I apologize for my lack of posts.................I don't usually get much done during Memorial Day weekend. =)

So, anyway, I decided to share with you some poems that I like to look back on Memorial Day.

Remember

Sometimes we forget to pray

For those who keep the terror away

From the land of the free
Let us remember them on bended knee.

As we deal with bustle and fuss

And remember those who have died for us

Let us not forget to pray

For the ones who fight for us today.

The Unknown Soldier

There's a graveyard near the White House
Where the Unknown Soldier lies,

And the flowers there are sprinkled
With the tears from mother's eyes.

I stood there not so long ago

With roses for the brave

And suddenly I heard a voice

Speak out from the grave:

"I am the Unknown Soldier,

The spirit voice began

"And I think I have the right
To ask some questions, man to man.

"Are my buddies taken care of?

Was their victory so sweet?

Is that big reward you offered

Selling pencils on the street?

"Did they really win the freedom

They battled to achieve?

Do you still respect that Croix de Guerre

Above that empty sleeve?

"Does that gold star in the window

Now mean anything at all?

I wonder how my old girl feels
When she hears a bugle call.

"And that baby who sang

Hello Central, give me no man.

Can they replace her daddy

With a military band?

"I wonder if the profiteers
Have satisfied their greed?

I wonder if a soldier's mother

Ever is in need?

I wonder if the kings, who planned it all,

Are really satisfied?

They played their game of checkers

And eleven million died.

"I am the Unknown Soldier,

And maybe I died in vain,

But if I were alive and my country called,

I'd do it all over again.

We love you, dear defenders of America. No matter what the mainstream media might say, we are proud of you and we do appreciate everything you give up to keep our country safe.

God bless you and keep you all safe.