Thank You for Your Service
To all the men and women fighting to ensure we can live the way we want to: Thank you.
Thank you for making it possible for my children to go to school. Thank you for making it possible for me to follow my dream of owning my own creative business. To do so many things without fear of harm.
WHY DO I WEAR A POPPY?
by Anne Starr
Why do I wear a poppy?
I’ll tell you if I may,
Because I believe remembrance
Is not only for one day.
I wear it for the fallen,
And for those falling still.
For those who come back broken
In body or in will.
For the parents, spouses, siblings
Where bereavement takes its toll.
Whose pain will never leave them,
It eats into their soul.
For the wino on the corner,
Of his old life nothing’s left.
Now he wishes when in battle
He had died a hero’s death.
For the lad who loved a kick-about
In the park with all his mates,
But now his legs are held together
With pins and metal plates.
For the selfless men and women
Whose final journey home
Is in a Union flag-draped coffin
On comrades’ shoulders borne.
For all those marching proudly
In Remembrance Day parades.
My poppy’s worn in gratitude
For the sacrifice they made.
For so many things, regardless of what sacrifices you and your families have endured, Thank You.
