Remember

REMEMBER When the picture comes alive With crimson smell and bulbous flies Where death screams all around you With helmets used for everything Shells lop off heads Arms and legs fly like jets The air reeks with the devil’s plot open air carcasses once human Nakedly exposed until no one notices Back at home medals hit the bed Pillows whisper voices of the night Loved ones can’t handle the carnage Often eyes bleary from drink Of this host we remember We never forget We read until our eyes bleed Our freedom costs lives both alive and dead We salute you We tip our hat We feed you We pin a medal on your bursting chest We watch you parade down the avenue We listen to your stories We respect your right not to speak of the dead We love you You are us You are humanity We pray heaven keep you Memorial day! May 2017