We had a minutes silence in church this morning, to remember all the men and women who gave their lives so we can be free. I always think it's good to remember, and never forget what has been done for us. The sacrifice that was made, and the courage of all those men and women. So I thought I'd make this thread, so we can post poems, or quotes and messages.
I read this poem this afternoon, and posted it on Facebook:
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours,
Lying so silent by night and by day
Sleeping the years of their manhood away.
Give them the meed they have won in the past;
Give them the honors their future forcast;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife;
Give them the laurels they lost with their life.
And I love the poem, In Flanders Field:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
