Remembering. Memorial Day 2013

We are One Nation Under God 

indivisible 

with liberty and justice for all.

 Remembering the many who gave their all
Appreciating their sacrifice and our freedom.

 Remembering the soldiers closest to my heart
scared, brave, courageous
 night sweats, malaria bouts, nightmares, regrets, guilt,
standing for the Pledge of Allegiance with hand over heart,
deep love of the USA

 Honoring the named,
the unknown who didn't come home
the families without closure

Remembering the far away and long ago
General Patton buried with his men

2013 Red Convertible Travel Series

Memorial Day 2012

Many flags
Many memories
Cemetery short white crosses
Searching for Papa and George's
Feeling their burdens, unspoken pain
War horror
Mass graves
Destruction of body and soul
Fractured souls of the living

For ages
I prayed for a way
to erase it

God gave it
Thank you

When you are ready
to exchange war's horrors
for inner peace,
come to me.

2012 Red Convertible Travel Series