For You On This Memorial Day

This is a poem I just wrote in honor of a friend whose son died in Afghanistan.
For You On This Memorial Day
To all the widows, moms and dads
Darling daughters and strapping lads

Who on this weekend more than most
Remember those whose lives were lost
On foreign fields and combat zones
Protecting those – still at home

My thoughts are for you and my care
My knees are bended to God in prayer
I cannot say I understand
I simply offer to you my hand

And say to you here and now
I will remember them, I vow
The loss of life that they did pay
For you still lingers day by day

Their sacrifice didn’t go away
When in the ground their body lay
Your pain, your heartache and your tears
They have not fallen on deaf ears

I will remember and I will pray
For you on this Memorial Day
Marvin McKenzie
May 23, 2015