Gregory Ramos Poet Free verse

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

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