A Different Memorial Day Celebration By Ron Porter

I paid solemn visitation to the site of The Unknown Girlfriend's Tomb to give honor and pay respects to romance slain on the battlefield of love. No wreath of tears did I lay there I wore no black armband of regret there was no mournful bugle call silently did I salute lovers lost,? ?who sacrificed all. And in memory did I recount vividly the ambushes,? ?skirmishes and attacks in the bedrooms and the bars and looked at my oft wounded heart no longer bloodied but,? ?bearing scars? My hand I laid upon the? ?cold hard stone of memorial,? ?to every anonymous amour, who by Cupid's lead arrows had been slain and uttered the survivors thanks for experience,? ?strength and wisdom gained. Then walked home alone,? ?in the rain.