05-27-2025, 05:20 AM
Two Days
On Armistice Day veterans recall
their times in service, moments they returned
to yellow ribbons decorating oaks–
bold promises redeemed, bright futures made.
Beneath Memorial Day’s hazy pall,
we flower-mark the graves of those we learned
too soon to love, gold stars for absent folks,
as by dry way-sides yellow ribbons fade.
On Armistice Day veterans recall
their times in service, moments they returned
to yellow ribbons decorating oaks–
bold promises redeemed, bright futures made.
Beneath Memorial Day’s hazy pall,
we flower-mark the graves of those we learned
too soon to love, gold stars for absent folks,
as by dry way-sides yellow ribbons fade.
Non-practicing atheist