Remember Poem by David Harris

Remember

Rating: 5.0


I hear the sound of distant guns,
as good lives march away,
to foreign lands to fight and die,
to preserve the rights of freedom,
for those in that distant land,
can have the right to live,
and not under a tyrant’s hand.
They go not as heroes for glory,
but to help innocent souls,
so they can sleep securely at night.
However, the battlefield where they are,
hold allsorts of dangers there,
some will never return safely home.
Their souls will look over
the battlefield where they fell,
possibly wondering at
the folly of it all.
Therefore, the next time you look at,
a monument with columns of names,
remember that their sacrifice
was made not for one, but for all.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Andrew mark Wilkinson 11 May 2007

No greater glory than to lay down your life, for the good of all... and no greater sadness that you dont understand the reason at all...10

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JoAnn McGrath 09 May 2007

That taks me back when I saw the wall of fallen soldiers....sent chills over me again...nice write David...you captured it well..Thanks for sharing my friend: O)

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