we stand in silence,
as the bugle calls,
out across this seat of learning.

lost in gratitude,
to warriors past
and present....
who live now,
in vallaha's halls.
and those returned...
and those few...
still missing...

we stand and think,
of those families,
their sacrifice and loss.

we remember wars past....
and pray for the cessasation,
of present conflict..

and then we move on,
with our day.....with hearts
both sad and grateful.