Memorial Day

Time to remember

as if we could forget

those to whom our freedom

owes a never ending debt

A special day in May

to which we set aside

to honor our nations heroes

the ones who died with pride

Missed they shall forever be

we veterans all know a few

some young soldier from long ago

who may have died along side of you

Their names may have escaped us

and their faces may not be clear

but their blood and their self sacrifice

is the bond that  holds us dear

Think back old vet to the hazy days

we were invincible or so we thought

I didn't realize it then my friends

but death is how freedoms bought

A Memorial day remembrance

dwells within each of us every day

a Love for our brothers and sisters

expressed by two simple words we say

Thank you............

Boondocker

May,19th, 2003