Say Thank You

There is nothing holy about war,
Lives cost, freedom saved, or
is there?

Peace beyond all understanding,
only comes from God, we try to
undo evil, how odd, that it is
done through war.

Say Thank you.

Women, children, men; lost there lives.
They were not the ones on the battlefield.
They are not here to receive gratitude,
their sacrifice is, off the scale in magnitude.

Say Thank you.

Men and women wrapped now in death,
The bonds that tied them together, stronger
than that of the fabric of their uniforms.
Vibrant life taken by a dust to dust-storms.

Say Thank you.

Those who lost a loved one or lived to tell,
of the horrors, have we heard their message well?
As they too fade, move from the sunshine
to the shade of a life gone through man-made hell.

Say Thank you.

For peace and lessons of this war-torn past,
Will their sacrificial message last?
Speak it, tell it, share it, with words and deeds,
Live your life but not at half-mast!

Say Thank you

They gave what you could not give.
They gave their future so you, will
in freedom live; not to die passive;
So fly hope as a banner on a single hill.

Say Thank You