Remembrance

I REMEMBER, JUST AS I’VE BEEN ASKED, I STOP AND TAKE A MINUTE, THINKING OF A WAR WHICH I WILL NEVER BE A PART OF, I WILL NEVER SEE FIRST HAND. A FEW FALLEN HEROES, WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES FOR A GENERATION THEY WOULD NEVER SEE, JUST SO THAT WE ALL WOULD NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TERROR OF A LIFE, A HELL, WITHOUT ANY CONCEPT OF PEACE, AND SO WE TAKE OUR QUIET MOMENT TO STOP, AND CONSIDER THE SACRIFICE, TO THINK UPON A FOREIGN FIELD, SOAKED IN THE BLOOD OF MEN, OF BOYS. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THEM STRAY FROM OUR MEMORY OR ELSE WE RISK REPEATING THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. AND SO I THANK ALL SOLDIERS PAST AND PRESENT.