There's room at the table, a loved one once sat <br />A veteran who served a nation that called <br />The ultimate sacrifice, what's greater than that <br />Turning back evil where tyranny was stalled <br /> <br />We all owe a debt to these soldiers so proud <br />They fought for ideals that were pushed to the edge <br />Their own dreams aside, they conduct what they vowed <br />One nation under God, as said in our pledge <br /> <br />Some served but were spared and continued with life <br />But took the same risk for this USA way <br />Not just husbands returned, but often a wife <br />Remembering the debt a comrade did pay <br /> <br />To not defend God's gift with all of my might <br />He may give it to one more grateful than me <br />When faced with the question, to fight or take flight <br />I always remember this freedom's not free<br /><br />S. I. Rednow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lest-we-forget/
