Happy Veterans Day Unto All!

Veterans of the cold and driving drenching rains The barren parched soils of near and distant lands Whom have beheld the devestations and the carnage That wars and battles have brought and bring Whether they have been justified, or even manipulated by man It does not matter; for you have placed your precious lives, upon deaths planes That another might live, or find freedom within your wake Christ once said, "that greater love hath no man Than to lay down their life for their friend...." And today and always and forever, I shall salute you With a heart that loves and admires and grieves Your courage your heroisms and your sacfifices Whatever colors your uniforms they have beared Whatever wars your lives have fought.... To both the living and the unforgotten dead Within times now, or the times of the days of the ancient past I shall humbly lift by this reverent rose stemmed glass Its crystalline filled with the bittersweet wines Poured more sweetly than bitter, within these thankful hands As thoughts of you all amid your glories Shall ever before my eyes walk these paths past.... And remember to never become discouraged, by those whom might not understand? For your priceless lives and eternal souls, shall someday rise again~ As I bow my head and bend my knee Clutching my heart with thoughts of thee Upon this your day, of deserving memory And not only we, but all of Heaven, shall forever salute you.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Veterans Day!