Remembering Those Who Gave Their All.....

As we close out the month of May, I would be remiss if I did not take one last moment to thank each servicemen or women that gave their life that I might sit at this keyboard and write about the Land of the free and the Home of the brave...to each of them I dedicate this poem and to their families that have carried on in their absence...
MAY GOD TRULY WATCH OVER YOU AND GRANT YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEARTS!!!!

Tribute to Our Fallen ….Memorial Day 2009

Bombs exploding, bullets flying… upon this dying field;
Each man to give his all…his spirit he must yield.
To march to that beating drum…to follow, to be led
As comrades fall around him…living…dying… dead.

What great honor compels a man to pledge to give his life?
To focus all his energies to bring peace where now is strife.
What great passion ignites a man to stand for freedom’s cause?
What leads him into battle without question, without pause?

It is the hope of every man; it is freedom’s Holy Grail
To stand and be victorious …against all evil to prevail.
It is the spirit of hearts united that welcomes freedom’s call
And answer as one in unison …to pledge to give our all.

So on this special day, we’ve set aside to praise;
To lift our voices in one accord; our glasses we now raise…
And offer heart-felt gratitude for those who gave their best
To grant to us Sweet Liberty and though now, they lay at rest….

Let not their voices be silenced for as freedom’s anthem ring;
As angels in great chorus, the songs of freedom sing….
May their sacrifice be worth it all….May truth and valor lead the way…
May we honor those who died for us on this MEMORIAL DAY!


GOD BLESS THE USA AND THE MANY MEN AND WOMEN
WHO DIED TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM….

THIS DAY IS DEDICATED TO EACH OF YOU!!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT SACRIFICE
TO YOUR GOD AND YOUR COUNTRY

W. Patrick Queen
Copyright May 2009