Memorial Day


A time for picnics, time off work -
Vacations and the "Indy" -
A holiday, too often times
We forget what, it should be.

A time to pay respect to those
Who rallied to the battle cry -
Who gave their lives for liberty -
Those freedoms for you and I.

Such a waste of brave young souls -
Some still struggling through their youth
Who faced and fell willingly
Before wartimes' awful truth.

So as we share this holiday
With our friends or family -
Take a moment to give thanks to
Those who died so we'd stay free.

Let us strive for world peace -
For the end of greed and hate -
For next time, after "the war"
It just may be too damned late.


~ © Del Abe Jones ~
Copyright © 1991 Del Abe Jones


This day is set aside
to honor those who took the chance to die.

But they have died in vain
if we ever forget the reason why.

Freedom can be like time
slipping away before we even know.

But we all have the choice
more, a duty to battle freedoms' foe.

Let us give thanks this day
to all those brave who paid the highest cost.

Not take it for granted
and realize it easily could be lost.
~ © Del Abe Jones ~
Copyright © 1991 Del Abe Jones

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