Lest We Forget,
The faces and names of our soldiers.
Honor.
Devote to them our undying respect.
Willfully handing over their lives,
So that evil would not pass without a fight.
Alive and living during their fight.
Only names our future generations shall forget.
Building legacies beyond their lives.
Staring into the hollow faces of fellow soldiers.
An unspoken honor.
Again fighting for fought for honor.
Living entities of the fight.
Wishing for your respect.
Why must we make them forget?
They are soldiers,
soldiering through their lives.
Taking lives,
acknowledging opposing honor.
The bond between soldiers,
formed in the bright light of the fight.
They try never to forget.
Built upon respect.
Respect.
Earned throughout their lives.
Never and always forget.
Society siphons their honor.
Taken without one to fight.
Divinity questioned in the eyes of the soldiers.
They are our soldiers.
They live for respect.
They live beyond the lost fight.
Handing over their lives.
Giving to all, their infectious honor.
Thou who are deserving are forgotten.
Soldiers forget the lives of who we honor.
We fight to remember those they respect.
Lest We Forget.
Dear Michael,
ReplyDeleteYour Sestina was great. I loved your theme and I think that it was very patriotic. I think that the troops in your Sestina would love to hear it.
Sincerely,
Hayden
P.s. You should read it at the memorial day parade.
I like it. Do you have any connections to the army? Or do you just like the army? Or an ambition?
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI have connections on my mothers side to the U.S Army, and connections on my fathers side to the Canadian Forces
Sincerely,
Michael
It's great to see the connection that you guys have with the Army even though you are from a different country than us. In America, we also pay lots of respect to our soldiers and are grateful for all they do for us. Great poem!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Rachel,
DeleteThank you! Soldiers deserve everyone's respect, it keeps them fighting for our freedom and protecting us from foreign and domestic threats!!! :)
Michael
Dear michael,
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Hannah I love your poem. I like how you talk about the soldiers that died. I think you have a gift of writing poem.
Dear Hannah,
DeleteThank you so much! I'm glad you liked it.
-Mike