For the Ones We Lost Memorial Day Poem

For the ones we lost over cast gray cold we were young strong bold the waves tore us to shreds as the foam on the beach head turned red the rain was hot as the sun tearing flesh apart even our guns this was not a walk in the park the sand was a rusted red while we climbed over brothers that were already dead to reach an unforgivable goal to liberate a people we did not know as we strolled on a beach in Normandy, France not a word was said just tears from the past you could feel the heaviness of the ones who were lost of the brave who paid the ultimate cost