Memorial Day 2023
We begin this day with silence,
Because in fact there are no words.
How can we show our gratitude
To you who are not here?
How can we express our sorrow?
The words all sound so wrong.
And so in quiet humble prayer
We let our hearts remember all.
Too soon you each were taken,
Because humanity cannot agree
To live in peace and be at rest
And share in earth’s bounty.
So in your honor on this day,
We pledge to you who died
To measure life by what we give
And remember why we are alive.
When another cries out for help
We’ll try to be as you were then
And lay down our lives for the other,
Bringing justice to women and men
We end our thoughts in silence,
Just as we began.
May God bless and keep you forever.
Peace on earth, good will to all.
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