peace has been <br />a good place to live <br />a long way from <br /> <br />the wars <br />we our fathers’ fought <br />write out <br /> <br />dictate transcribe <br />some of those stories <br />lived heard told <br /> <br />heritage family <br />are important anchors <br />to living past <br /> <br />passing <br />into <br />memory <br /> <br />with <br />clues <br />cues <br /> <br />to who <br />we were <br />are will be <br /> <br />it is good <br />it would be good <br />for your children <br /> <br />to know <br />something <br />of those <br /> <br />years <br />in your their parents <br />lives<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/personal-cost-paid-for-peace/