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[aid] => mick
[title] => The True Meaning of Freedom
[time] => 2004-05-26 22:16:56
[hometext] => Just in Time for Memorial Day
[bodytext] => How can we stand here, silent, afraid Allowing the memories of honor to fade Of those who fought, and bled, and died In our own busy lives we obscure and hide The sacrifices of so many, we forget Are what brought us here, yet we still don't regret That we no longer remember their lives and their pain The things that they suffered, we leave them in vain Freedom is not simply the absence of war But the presence of payment to those of before The shadow of hate lingers hard and long Over the death of many, forever they're gone No longer among us, they gave their lives Yet we are unwilling to give of our time A few moments to pay our respects and dues Though we won the battle, in our hearts we did lose A country without conflict, but deep inside We have for years to ourselves lied Of the truth of the matter, it is so plain They did not die without leaving a stain You may think it boring and foolish and old To take a day in remembrance, our minds were sold To a belief and an action, an idea and a stage In which we refuse to turn back the page Don't let them die without a cause We should be thankful, take a moment to pause We are left alive, it doesn't seem right Why should we live, and they have to die? But our hearts hold the answer, it is all true There is a plan and a will for each of you So remember their gift, their lives that they gave And try on their foundation, a new life to pave [comments] => 1 [counter] => 183 [topic] => 28 [informant] => fbijedi [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Patriotic )
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