Lest We Forget
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Published in elizaPress
Eclectic Anthology Series, No. 5,
FREEDOM, August, 2007
Published in “Eagles of Light”
Anthology of Patriotic Verse, 2010
Blood drips through
all the black pages
of America's history book.
The Indian wars,
war between the states,
two World Wars, Korea,
Afghanistan, Iraq,
stealing our finest from us.
Let us not forget:
Liberty carries responsibility.
But the darkest page -
abuse of our own soldiers,
returning from a man-made hell
in the jungles of Viet Nam.
Fifty-eight thousand comrades lost,
their scars run deep.
Let us not forget:
Liberty bears a cost.
Copyright © Cona Adams | Year Posted 2014
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