This Poppy

This Poppy fell for my father

it does so every year

and with it comes the heartache

and many red hot tears

Shed for those who won’t come home

the ones who died out there alone

This Poppy falls in remembrance,

it’s impossible to say

how much we owe to those who fell

they fought for us, they died for us

through a living man made hell

This Poppy fell for a reason

yet its message is always lost

on those who should know better

those who never count the cost

This Poppy falls to remind us

of the sacrifices made

it’s not some casual observance

it’s not just a parade

It’s a deep and heartfelt tribute

to those faultless memories

of those who gave the only thing

they could to make us free

And to those who should know better

and we all know who they are

In remembering those

who fell in war

I won’t betray their memory

I won’t give up my liberty.

© EV Rose 06/06