Remembering Memorial - Revisited

I originally wrote “Remembering Memorial” on 24 May 2020. Thinking I was through, I posted it on Facebook, Poetry Soup and e-mailed it to friends. When I awoke, this Memorial Day morning (25 May 2020), I was bothered that, for me, it was not complete. Those who did not give all, left parts of themselves where they served with those who did. The experience is a part of us always. Some of our self was left where we served, and some of where we served returned with us. “Remembering Memorial – Revisited” is written to reflect all of that. Welcome home, brothers and sisters of all wars. Remembering Memorial - Revisited (Edited on Memorial Day, 25 May 2020) By Franklin Price 05/24/2020 Remembering Memorial The last Monday in May We need to all remember Why we Nationalized this day Began with Decoration Day To put flowers on the tombs Of ones killed in the civil war That sent them to their dooms Officially made Memorial Day, In one nine seven one Was made a National event To honor dead, of all wars done Always keep within your thoughts That our freedoms are not free The ones, we honor on this day, Gave freedom up, for you and me Went when they heard their country call Did not flee or turn away We recognize their sacrifice And the price they had to pay Don't forget vets left alive Who served and came back scarred Their fight, for all our freedoms, Has made their own lives hard Mentally or physically Each day they're going through Affected by their service time And what they had to do They're not yet with their brothers And their sisters who gave all. Yet part of them was left there, Where their duty made the call Some only recognize this day As beginning of the Summer They are the unappreciative Don't become one of their number