Memorial Day

Memorial Day

What does this day mean to me?
Look around you, can’t you see.
We are free to do anything,
Free to just be a human being.
 
Many men have fought and died,
We don’t have to run and hide.
We honor all those who died, on this Memorial Day,
It was a great human sacrifice they gave away.

They didn’t ask for anything in return,
Our American freedom is what they earned.
We give thanks to all those that died throughout the years,
We stand together as we salute them through our tears.

We rejoice at the thought of our freedom gained,
We mourn at the loss of friends with pain.
We know that freedom isn’t free, for somebody gave,
That’s why America is the land of the free and brave.

©2008 Lynn B Glover

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 7/30/2014 10:52:00 PM
Well written , well sung. A great tribute to all those that served and all those that sacrificed! BBBRAVOooooo!
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Robert Lindley
Date: 7/31/2014 10:17:00 PM
Thank you my friend. An honor that shocked me!
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Lynn Glover
Date: 7/31/2014 8:38:00 PM
Thank you Robert and congrats on your poem of the day.
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