as We remember
All who refused
to surrender Hope
in the face
of bleak despair
and confronted death
for the sake
of preserving Life
for fellow Beloveds
(even as They
may now wonder
what Their Sacrifices
were all for
as we blunder
down a pathway
away from Peace
and Liberty and
Justice for All
and towards the
kind of autocracy
from which our
forebears Faithfully sought
to protect Us
as they fought
for fragile Freedom)
may We not
only Celebrate Them
and Venerate Them
but also allow
Their Humbly Courageous
Character to become
a contagious Catalyst
to Generate new
Energy for Engagement
with Each Other
bridging our estrangement
from Each Other
and Our World
seeing Each Other
not as strangers
but as Friends
forging a more
Expansive and Inclusive
Expression of Democracy
with renewable Power
for perpetual Peace
with attainable Equity
and sustainable Equality
and Liberty and
Justice for All
and may Our
Lives reflect Their
Respect for All
and embody Their
Courage for All
that can enable
and empower Our
Service to All
anticipating and Incarnating
that Glorious Day
when all that
was painfully wrought
engenders all fighting
and inciting and
abhorring and warring
to Cease...
Let It Be.
#200wordprayers #VeteransDay2024 #ThanksToAllWhoGaveAllForAll #MayFightingForPeaceBecomeAThingOfThePast #MayAllWarsCease
('Peace Soldier', artist unknown)
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