A Remembrance,
Of a Day,
Quand Je Me Souviens.

Vitality spent,
Courage displayed,
           Fear allayed,
               dismay, at the lives                                        lost.

There were scholars,
                                there were youth,
                                                          ­  there were the uncouth,
                                                        ­                                           there were aged,
but never mind all that,
                                       as a matter of fact,
                                                           ­          any one of them,
                                                           ­                                     deserves my respect,
For an eternity.
On this Eve,
I learned, my freedom, is not of my doing,
I learned, I can choose, because they did lose,
                                                           ­             their freedom, their lives, their dreams,
I learned, what sacrifice, what SACRIFICE,
                                                      ­               more than sufficed, to provide hope,
                                                           ­                                                  to cope,
with wars and rumours of wars
                  and rumours of wars, that breach my peace of mind
                                                            ­                 that I am blind
                                                           ­                                          to the peace that passes all understanding,
for I will never understand war,
but I thankfully understand
what was given away by choice,
                              not to rejoice, in what I have received,
but They are, the reasons, at least eighty six million four hundred thousand reasons,
I do not huddle
in my bed waiting for
the bombs to stop falling,
to start calling for my loved ones,
I do not clench my teeth as
I grip my rifle to call out
"All Clear"
until the next time I am gripped by
the fear it may be me or someone I
know, who will need to be
let go. Thank Them, Catch Courage, Found Freedom, Love Life, Pray Peacefully
There are more but these are the learned Lessons on this Eve.





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