""Memorial
Day"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
May 30, 2005 7:09 a.m. pdt
Flowers strewn with grief and tears
Hold a breath for freedom
War and pain, young life it shears
In our dreams we see them
Marching forth for victory
Shot dead on hills and plains
Raise the flag of thee I see
Hopeless pains and wracking brains
God grant peace in time of war
As young life ends in Memorial silence
Yet bodies fall without a care
Can nothing stop this violence?
Pray for young lives in the ground
Life missing, lost, right here, right there
And thought for naught, no instance sound
Will mankind 'ere wake from his nightmare?
Poetry
2005
