Lest We Forget

November 11th, 2011

The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day on the eleventh month.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.

My daughter Brigit is singing this with her high school choir today. She has been singing her part around the house and it just gives me goosebumps. How important it is to remember.