Happy Memorial Day

How kind of you to remember my friend

And lay flowers by his grave to commend

Past deeds he’d done to save comrades lives

Posthumous honors appreciated by them and their wives

You annually commemorate and on him bestow

Many accolades but only we his comrades know

Every path he crossed leaving cover behind

Moved by the thick of dark that he might find

Our enemies’ locations and returned before light

Risked it all to give us a better chance to fight

I was there that night he said he’ll be back

All was dismal, we were retreating from an attack

Lives had been lost and ours were sure to be gone

Death was a certainty by the break of dawn 

And though he never returned he led the enemy astray

You’re kind to remember him and make this a Happy Memorial Day!