Sunday, May 27, 2012

A Memorial Day Tribute ~ 2012 ~ To Honor Those Who Lived A Cause


To Honor Those Who Lived A Cause
Memorial Day 2012

Flowers and flags in devoted array
A loving tribute this Memorial Day
To honor those who lived a cause
This moment, this day, and so a pause
Hearts and souls in valor known
Right intention and devotion shown
Battlefields of victory and plight
Through all beheld freedom's light
Answered they did to liberty's plea
That freedom be held for a you, a me
Sons and daughters, husbands and wives
Children of purpose have given their lives
The breath of freedom an endowment divine
Bequeathed to life yours, life mine
With valor and sacrifice life they gave
And embraced the call yet to be brave
In memorial and reverence gather we
For held be the right that we live free
Memory of each life gone never to fade
Live we life's blessings for sacrifice made.

In loving gratitude to all who served and serve in faith ever new.
...lest we forget..

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Flanders Field, Painting, Willy Werner.


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