a free verse poem to honor our soldiers on Memorial Day
For the Honor of Soldiers
Our tears find rest
in a sea of
white crosses.
We cannot raise
our thanks
nor their
loss — enough
to honor them.
Enough to remove
that dead look in the
eyes of their spouses,
their parents, their children.
We gave them a flag
as they buried you. 21-gun
salute shook their hearts,
trauma-bound, grieving.
Memorial Day celebrations,
since the 1860’s.
We give our moments
of silence. Sometimes
from our boats with a beer
in one hand and a hot dog
in the other — how
American
we are.
We lower our flags
half-mast and full respect
to honor their loss,
their sacrifice
for the country
we so take
for granted.
Let us, today honor
those who find rest
in a sea
of white crosses
Thank you, soldiers
for your service, for the life
you gave
for me.
Memorial Day~ 2020
Christina M. Ward 
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