Memorial Day

Thoughts of soldiers

Who've kept our land free

Barbecue

Family

Friends

Horseshoes

Sandbox

Laughter

Love

Sunshine

My day was filled

With all of these

On this Memorial Day

Then, driving home

Suddenly

Without warning

It hit me

Out of the darkness

Out of the fog

It hit me

It hit me hard

Cars

Kids

Silence

Pain

Sorrow

Candlelight vigil

A sight to behold

Before me

As I rounded the corner

A corner that held disaster

For the family and friends

Of a carefree teenager

Returning from

A wonderful

Memorial Day

Celebration

Never to celebrate again

Lost and mourned

Forever after

I thank God

For my son

Who's birthday

We celebrated

Today

With him

Alive

©5/27/01 By Susan L. Anderson