Remembrance Day Poem

What We Lost

Standing in the wind

Shivering in the falling rain

Surrounded by uniforms

Decorated men and women

Solemn faces

Downcast eyes

How many lost?

Young men

Courage in their hearts

Fight for their beliefs

Their country

Their families

Futures lost

Young women

Nurture in their hearts

Mopping blood

From open wounds

Innocence lost

Mothers

Fathers

Sisters

Brothers

Wives

Husbands

Fear in their hearts

Bolster bravery

With letters and love

For heroes

Family lost

Communities

Celebrate valour

Parades and banners

Send off

Barbers

Carpenters

Bakers

Mechanics

Colleagues lost

God

Looks down

Conflict and war

Over pride

Greed

Selfishness

No uniform colours

No nationality

No sides

No right

No wrong

Precious children lost

We stand

And remember

What we lost

The tears on our cheeks

Blending with the gentle tears

From the sky

As God remembers

What we lost

November 11, 2007