As a veteran who spent his entire enlistment far far away from any combat, I have great appreciation for those who sacrificed much more than I can imagine. I meant to post this days ago but my battle with food poisoning got the best of me. Tomorrow I'll try for humor instead of poetry.
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
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