I just finished a poem in honor of the anniversary of D-Day today. Thanks to Rich Ross for shaking my tree with your Haiku tribute... D-Day plus 69 Years Ahead, the beach at Normandy, on this day in forty-four So many of these soldiers, at day’s end would be no more Their hearts were lumps within their throats, their bellies tied in knots Fear was seen in every eye at the sound of distant shots Closer now and deafening the sound of Nazi guns To the beach, to the beach…red with blood of mothers’ sons Through obstacles and endless sand, they crawled, they fought, and fell Horrific blasts of shells all round, zippered crossfires sent from hell Gaining footholds a bloody inch at a time those brave and brash young men The boys they were just the night before would not be known again Then, when that longest day had finished and began the counting cost Those ships full of their wounded, those thousands of their lost Add to those the sacrifices made by all of their families back at home Those to come in the Pacific, liberating Europe, Paris, Rome There’s little doubt in my mind, that on that long ago June morn That a large part of that ‘Greatest Generation’ were killed…but also born! To see the freedom’s flags of many nations once again unfurled To fly from that time into today…thanks for winning back our world! ©Randy E. Richmond June6, 2013
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:09:26 +0000
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