REMEMBER

Far as the straining eye could hope to see

Poppies!! Such delicate and filmy blooms!

A sea of red - just as the pulsing blood

That coursed the veins of soldiers, now in tombs.

They died heroically 
to keep our rights and freedoms;

The right to life, to liberty, security.

Their valiant deaths must never be in vain,

Though flawed and blemished our democracy.

Pay tribute to the ranks of soldiers brave

Whose acts, courageous, daring, bold,

Snuffed out their very breath!

Gone was their chance to love, grow old.

Their sacrifice none must forget - 

From seasoned saint to hopeful youth.

We still proclaim what's right, what's wrong.

We must not fear to speak God's truth.

For if we're silenced, then will God our Judge 

Call forth the stones to shout out loud.

Lord, for Your Kingdom too,

May we be willing to endure

And suffer taunts and jeers among the crowd.

Let us stand firm in faith and fortitude.

A sea of red flows from the Cross of Calvary;

For Christ's own blood was sacrificed

to save mankind and set the captive free!

He gives to us eternal life, security, true liberty! 

He is our God - was mortal man - He is our Friend!

The only Perfect One who died to save us all.

Come, let's REMEMBER all, 'til our life's very end.

Karin Ristau

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