Lest We Forget
Simper Fi
Lest We Forget
Written: by Tom Wright
12/15-04
Our soldiers lie not hidden in foreign soil
Forgotten, to lie alone throughout the ages.
For we dare not forget the cause or toil
Of those lives curtailed by numberless pages.
Defenders all, of a freedom we hold unfailing
O how it seems that during war, time does lag.
A rifle salute, a folded flag, a mothers wailing
Await those heroes returning in a body bag.
And those, the living, harbor no resentment
Having lived this tragic event and surviving.
In life, forever seeking just to find contentment
Leaving Iraq so changed, from their arriving.
Since time began Freedom hasn’t existed
Where willing combatants stood not in the gap.
True peace will never come, but be resisted
For evil is the cornerstone of Satan’s trap.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2015
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