Remembrance day

Hi Thinking out loud here 

I know this is a day late, but hopefully this will be a reminder to always be thankful to those who fought for freedom, for peace, and for a safer kinder planet. Not just on remembrance day, or ANZAC day but everyday. Their suffering, their pain of those who we lost and those who were left to retell painful stories, shouldn't go unnoticed, or not be remembered for generations to come, this is all of our history, and something I hope we learn from so it isn't  repeated.

Remembrance day 

By Freya Anastasia Hatfield

My son,

My brother,

My father,

My uncle,

My granddad,

Went off to war.

My daughter,

My sister,

My mother,

My auntie,

My grandma,

Stood beside him.

They fought, for our freedom

For a better life,

For generations they knew they would never know,

They went into battle expecting to come home

They went into battle expecting to leave with their brothers, 

sisters and fellow comrades in animals.

They gave us our todays, 

they gave us hope of peace,

They sacrificed their yesterdays, today's and tomorrows

For us.

They may have been scared,

They may have been anxious,

They may have been nervous,

Of what was to come, 

But they were never weak, 

they never showed the fear they bared.

They fought through rain, sun, snow,

They fought through birthdays, deaths

And missing their own children's milestones,

They missed out on a life of peace,

So we knew peace.

The lest we can do is show our respect, today, tomorrow,

And for everyday that follows,

For they now are

Our Brothers,

Our Fathers,

Our Uncles,

Our Granddads.

They are

Our Sisters,

Our Mothers,

Our Aunties,

Our Grandmas.

They may be old, 

they still remember,

They may have lost those who fought with them

They still remember,

They may have felt unbearable pain

They still remember,

They may still hold the scars,

Both physical and none physical

They still remember.

Remember tonight when you lay in bed,

In a home, and are safe,

Knowing your loved ones too are safe,

Knowing they won't need to go to war,

For they gave us our todays,

When the sun goes down, 

And when it rises,

We will remember them

Today, tomorrow, for all ways.

For those fallen soldiers who were unnamed

Those soldiers, nurse and animals who we lost,

Those soldier, nurses and animals who lived,

And for those who have taken their places

We will remember them

Today, tomorrow, for all ways.