Memorial Day
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For soldiers who died in the service of
my nation, there was made a holiday -
a time to show them remembrance and love
strewing flowers on graves beneath which lay
corpses gone to bone but not forgotten.
It started after a most horrid war -
honoring the souls of those who’d gotten
killed in the Civil War, and then came more:
World Wars 1 and 2 and even others.
On May’s last Monday we must not forget
those who fought for freedom for their brothers -
for all of us! They faced the greatest threat:
the loss of precious life – their very own.
Be thankful you don’t lie beneath their stone.
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2025
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