Remembered (A Memorial Day Poem) Poem by Isadora Quagmire
Remembered (A Memorial Day Poem)
They gave their lives,
so we in peace might live,
They gave their lives,
—the greatest gift that one can give.
They left their homes,
and went into twilight,
they fought in the briny foam,
and charged blind through night.
They stood exposed in bloody fields,
as noble gaurds—as loyal shields.
They fell amongst the broken stones,
No grave accounts for all their bones,
they bled in burning forests,
as heathen war-cries against them chorused,
like burning stars they sailed the sky,
but the world forgets their cries.
So many rows of crosses,
so many places,
so many losses,
so many faces.
We will not forget,
the price they gave,
for the people of the land of the free and the brave.
They gave everything
so that we might have anything.
They chose us over their own lives,
they chose the lives of their children and their wives,
they died indeed,
but they are alive,
in our hearts and memories,
they will be remembered for eternity.
-For every man and woman that has died for us,
may God bless their memory.
And excellent poem, Isadora! Much better than my own Memorial Day poem I think! Thank you for working so hard on it and for sharing it with us all!
What shall we say to these things? The rain cannot cry enough tears for all those who have died. And the sun can never shroud enough graves in shadow! You have wonderfully captured the sorrowful scene of those who have died in this poem!
Powerfully and Magnificently composed! .. Thank you for sharing! .. Endless 10'S And Stars! ..++++++++++++++++++++
More beautiful and precious than words could say! ... Ever ever so heart touching! ..
A very timely write on Memorial Day. So well expressed and presented. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful tribute and deeply touching write for all those who sacrificed their lives for the love of country and humanity. Their great service defy their death. Great remembrance.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A heart touching poem for the soldiers who laid their lives for protecting their mother land.