We Remember
Editor:
We Remember
Standing outside
this November morn
with flags at half mast
and thoughts upon war
We watch aging
veterans
with unending respect
for overseas battles
as fought in Dieppe.
On podiums they’ve
stood
for some eighty-nine
years,
our World War heroes
and their
diminishing peers
While wreaths are laid
down
by new Silver Cross
Mothers
weapons are raised
by our sons and
daughters.
For a moment
of silence
a lone bugle is sounded
a salute to our soldiers
the dead and
the wounded.
Their peacekeeping
efforts
are the pride of
our land
we salute their
strong spirits
with poppies in hand.
Elaine Belair,
Langley
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