In Memorium

[cornerofmadness]

For the fallen. My family was extraordinarily lucky. Many of us served but all made it back.


I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free. - Kelly Strong

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Comments

[geri.livejournal.com]

Wow I salute all who served in the Armed Forces thanks of a Greatful Nation and myself. This was beautiful love and much appreciated.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

I also have family that's been & is currently serving in the Armed Forces, & thankfully everyone has made it back okay.

The poem was beautiful. *liked it*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

And my thanks to them as well.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Thank you & you're welcome on their behalf & thank you to yours as well.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Word.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks and I decided to post your blog tomorrow instead of the holiday.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

That was the right thing to do, I think.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah I figured it would reach more people that way.