LET US REMEMBER TOGETHER

Let us march
And be seen to give voice and form
To those who lie in silent graves
At home and on distant shores

Let us remember together

Let us recognize
That the failure of war is the failure of reason
And to remember the precious and bloodied custodians
Who humbly return us to peace squandered

Let us remember together

Let us know at the earliest age
Peace is not merely the absence of war
But a completeness complete

Let us remember together

That the great victories are
In the Battlefields of hearts
When we succeed in preventing all children
From becoming Veterans, Victims and Orphans

Let us remember together

Let us know beforehand
We are doomed or blessed
By what we accept
To be the inevitable

Let us remember together

Of all of us
Who are privileged to vote
To wear this nations uniform
To wave our flag
To worship our creator

Let us remember together

Surely Mother must have told us
To do unto others
We should all have known better

Let us remember together

Carroll Reid Hopkins
MSG, USA (RET)