Peace Upon The Land poem – Libations Friday 28 May 2010

*** A Memorial Day poem to honor ourselves.




Peace Upon The Land


Have you ever noticed how a sense of Peace
Settles upon The Land this time of year?
People halt their usual daily routines.
All over the country we feast and celebrate,
Everyone happily enjoying time from work.





Lots of families pack up and go on holiday.
The kids are excited every time this year.
Plans are made; places are visited all in a rush,
Only to return again to the same daily hurry.





Everyone talks excitedly about what they are cooking,
Grilling in their back yards for this holiday menu.
Competitions abound for cooking festivals and neighbors
As to who has the best food everyone loves to eat.





Businesses sponsor special Memorial Day weekend sales
Hoping to get customers in the door and move the goods.
Customers are praying for a good deal they normally can’t afford.
The deals are struck and happy faces glow on sales days.





Memorial Day parades blare loud music while old and
Young veterans march by the yelling flag-waving fans.
Children laugh at the excitement; Parents jostle for a good look.
Veterans barely smile but wave as tears glisten on their faces.





Maybe this year everyone will begin the Remembering.
Someone will start the national conversation, the storyteller.
Maybe this year they will stop their hurry and raise their glass.
We will suddenly realize we are meant to be the protectors.






Meant to create stronger government, avoiding those wars
And change the holiday of visiting cemeteries to weep.
Maybe this year we will accept their sacrifices as our own.
We owe them a lasting Peace to settle upon The Land.






Denny Lyon
Copyright 28 May 2010
All Rights Reserved

*** I would be honored if you choose to use this poem on your site or blog. Please include attribution and a link back to this blog post. (Please drop me an email so I can thank you: warriorspearl@gmail.com)

Thank you and have a great Memorial Day. Remember those who have fought for us and renew your commitment to fight for them. We are all one America.



Photo Credits


Flag waving at cemetery by Beverly & Pack @ flickr

Flags at Arlington Cemetery by The U.S. Army @ flickr

Central Park Memorial Day festival by Ed Yourdon @ flickr

Funeral flag by Beverly & Pack @ flickr

Child at the cemetery by ingridtaylar @ flickr

Human flag by marada @ flickr

Horns blaring at marada @ flickr

Grilling hamburgers by {nutmeg} @ flickr


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From Denny: With all the tough news and stories of personal tragedies lately - and the stress people are feeling that goes with it - I thought this kind of poem needed a voice today. Friday the 13th is often associated with bad luck and with the economy the way it is there has been a domino effect happening to people because of it.

Tough things happen to us or those close to us in Life and we struggle to regain our balance. Whether it's a job loss or loss of a loved one, there is a grieving process we experience. It's important for yourself and those close to you that you embrace and flow with those emotional waves on your journey, trusting you will arrive at a better place. You will be pleasantly surprised at what awaits you.



Photo by Paraflyer @ flickr



Reflections of That Moment

Days of Remembrance always place us in a thoughtful mood…

For thousands of years humanity has marked special days of mourning to remember.

We reflect upon a fateful day when we heard the sad news someone died.




Photo by visualdensity @ flickr

It was a hard knock on the door, shocking our reverie, causing us to fear what came next.

Perhaps the doctor called from the hospital or it was a phone call from a weeping friend.

The one who left us was a member of our family, a neighbor or someone we knew from school years.

Perhaps their lives were cut short in our estimation and their passing made no sense at the time.




Photo by jurek d. @ flickr


Perhaps their lives of service as soldiers or as family, especially in the family of mankind took on a new acute importance with their passing away from our lives.

Perhaps if the one who left us too soon was a child, then we cannot see past the pain to live with only a memory.




Photo by Darwin Bell @ flickr

We wonder about their bad luck or ours, sometimes feeling guilty we survived when they did not, like in the battle of war or from a car accident or illness.

We wonder inside ourselves; we wonder aloud to friends who have wondered the same.

And as we grieve, we come to think again of Life is maybe not all it originally seemed.

Is there more? Do our loved ones, friends and neighbors still live beyond memories in our hearts?

When our thoughts begin to lay down the grieving and take up the wondering about what lies ahead, we slowly regain our balance.




Photo by andrecarol @ flickr

A smiling thought creeps into our minds from who knows where, “I wonder what they are doing right this minute? Are they having fun?”

It’s at that moment we are connected again to our loved one, though differently than before.

For while we grieved and drowned in the abyss of dark emotions we could not feel the connection.

When we chose to climb out of the abyss it was there we were greeted with new understanding and again felt our strong connection.




Photo by Anderson Mancini @ flickr


Our loved one had been waiting to greet us once more, assuring us all is well.


Denny Lyon
Copyright 11 November 2009
Veterans Day - 11 AM
All Rights Reserved


Photo Credits

Butterfly in hand Photo by Paraflyer @ flickr

Door handle Photo by visualdensity @ flickr

Blue door Photo by jurek d. @ flickr

Blue face Photo by Darwin Bell @ flickr

Opening window Photo by andrecarol @ flickr

Beach Photo by Anderson Mancini @ flickr


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