Remember

Remember those that fought for us

100 years ago,
They fought for the freedom
of those they'd never know.

Maybe it is pointless
to wish for lasting peace,
For countries to lay down their arms
For all fighting just to cease.

You could despair of ever seeing
peace throughout the land,
No longer seeing scenes of war,
blood mixed with desert sand.

We just don't have the tolerance
for cultures not our own,
Seeds of peace thrown to the wind
From the heart where they are sown.

Yet hope lays in a child's heart
One not turned to stone,
A mind still free of prejudice
and a child that's not alone.

So as we remember all those fallen
with an aptly heavy heart,
Fan the spark of future hope
that's up to us to start.