Robert W. Beskar

WHAT GREATER SACRIFICE…
(For Memorial Day, 2010)

On Memorial Day each year…
We gather like before…
And pay our deep respects…
To those who fought in war.

It’s the least that we can do…
Though we wish we could do more…
For our comrades who rest here…
And were casualties of war.

We veterans share the pain…
With all those gathered here…
And honor with humility…
These words so very clear!

“No Greater Sacrifice”…
Our Savoir said to us…
“Than to give your life for another”…
And your soul to God you trust.

That’s as true today…
As it was so long ago…
And the reason we’re all here…
For we want to thank them so!

“Freedom is not free”…
And it’s often said a lot…
And here before your eyes…
Lies the proof on all these plots!