glimmering, shimmering
handfuls of light
greening, careening
through the dark night
smiling child faces
where wonder is framed
colors and noises
that never were named
how to explain that
shade of deep blue
honors lost patriots
in old fights and new
that the red that's
the reddest that they've ever seen
is the color of faithfulness,
love and esteem
white is the bravery,
acts large and small
the debt of rememberance
we owe to them all
our mothers and brothers
and all those who fell
I honor your sacrifice.
I remember it well.


It's for my father...my grandfathers....my uncles...my greats. And for every man and woman who served, waited, worried. And for my mom. who did all three...over and over again.
( and I know it isn't great, but hey, it's late here. LOL)