NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!
Uploaded: May 26, 2006
I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Soldier saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?
I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves.
No, freedom isn't free.
No, Freedom Isn't Free!
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer May 27, 2006
Wow. This is awesome. Fantastic image - great work with it. It's VERY touching - and so is the lyrics. Thank you, Crystal. #453340Dennis Flanagan May 27, 2006
Perfect for Memorial Day, Chris. #2821562Kara L. Hendricks May 27, 2006
What a solomn reminder Crystal... Thank you... #2822829Crystal E. Berryman May 27, 2006
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