Rememberance Day 2008
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
A powerful poem, especially with all of the fighting that is taking place; whether it be on the fields in Afghanastan or Iraq. Whether the soldiers are Canadians, Americans, Iraqis’, Afghanis’
or the myriad of other nationalities that are involved in this destruction; we all bleed the same color! On Nov. 11th, take 2 minutes of your time and say a silent prayer for those that have been lost to the casualtiy of war and their families and also for the lives that will continue to be taken as long as this warfare continues.
