Silent Honor

Or... We honor you.

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“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” — Gen. George S. Patton

They are men like us, not different
In the beating of the heart, in breathing,
In dreams of night, in the different

Fears that assail our retreat
From life. Yet they carry within
Something that goes…