Memorial Day Thanks
Today, the sky wears a peace,
a calm stitched with sacrifice and love.
I think of hands that held rifles,
steady under the terrible weight,
the ground trembling with their courage.
The mornings they left behind, fleeting,
the scent of coffee, a lover's breath.
They moved into the unknown for us,
their steps falling into history's shadows.
Some never returned to the quiet,
some live with memory's deep ache.
Because of them, I walk freely,
my children's laughter a boundless gift.
I whisper thank you to their absence—
to their presence carried in the flag.
Each star a pulse, every stripe blood.
Freedom cannot forget where it stands.
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A great message to the fallen and those that returned with scars physical and mental as well as those others that served and by the grace of Tod escaped unscathed. Nicely done and a fave
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