In Honor of Our Veterans

Posted on May 27th, 2007 by TriathleteDad

It’s Memorial Day Weekend. I’m spending lots of time on the bike — no rain in site. I thought it only fitting to remember our veterans. Here’s a poem I found.

Victories require validation.
Victories require validation.
Each act of violence must file its brief.
The loss of loved ones must find consolation,
Ennobled by some passionate belief.
Regard, then, all the murdered of the ages,
Aghast at all the words that justified,
Not without cause, the ever righteous rages,
So small against the sum of those who died.
Deliverance depends upon the wages
A veteran might earn on either side
Years hence, when hate has given way to grief.