…removed my clothes, quietly

Laid them in a small pile

So anxious and excited, I was

For it's been quite a…

By Sharon Cunningham

No matter the country, no matter the year, we hold them in our memory -- Lest We Forget

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…called for them, they served for us

With a promise to fight, not just talk the talk

They fought from land, from air, and…

By Sharon Cunningham

…the corner of the old shed

Pushed way in the back

Sits a rusty old can

Next to a tattered…

By Sharon Cunningham

…am your mother

From long, long ago

Hundreds of years before

The time you now…

By Sharon Cunningham

…the races have mixed

And the look is exotic

And the hue of the skin

And curvaceous…

By Sharon Cunningham