These veterans, paying homage
to those who are gone, but not
forgotten...
GOING TO THE GONE
A checklist for Memorial Day
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
May 23, 2008
Go look in on your children still asleep
within their bed.
Remind yourself they're safe and warm
because of some long dead.
Go for a walk through cemeteries
lined with little flags.
Take time to ponder homebound heroes
flown in body bags.
Go stand between those granite stones
engraved with names and dates.
Imagine all who died defending
our United States.
Go on and kneel beside a marker
offering a prayer
with gratitude for those who gave their lives
defeating terror.
Go home and count your blessings
from the hands of those now gone.
Then vow to the Almighty that their
4 comments:
I GUESS YOU WANT TO SEE MY TEARS, WE PUT OUT FLAGS TOMORROW
We will remember them.
God bless all you american military past and present...... I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have done and all you do to make this world a safer place.......
I for one will NEVER ever forget.......
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I have never seen so many flags in the cemetary. It really seemed good to see them covering the whole area....stay well......OH, I stopped at the Blog you auggested. What a tragedy...stay well...
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