An Arlington Christmas

Arlington Christmas They stand there in ranks Straight up and tall Just like the day When they answered the call Row upon row Section by section They gave us their all Without an exception Some names are unknown Some known are not there But all get a marker To show that we care You see Army and Navy Air Force and Marine Privates to Presidents And those in between From Civil War soldiers To Afghanistan We honor our fallen Every woman and man And every Christmas We lay on a wreath To remember the soldier That lies there beneath As I gaze o're the graveyard Of green wreaths on stone I know that no family Will e're grieve alone For this country remembers And honors each year All those who have fallen And are resting right here Mdailey 12/25/11 I wrote this on Christmas day as I sat in my car and looked over the landscape of Arlington Cemetary.