For the past few years, I have had the honor of reading one of my poems honoring veterans at our temple during a Shabbat Service where we honor our veterans. This is what I read last night.
The freedoms that we enjoy when we awake,
The choices that freedom allows us all to make.
The ability to worship as we wish,
All that we may accomplish,
Because of all the Armed Services that serve today,
And for years, all those brave veterans of yesterday.
Never take for granted all the privileges we enjoy.
In today’s troubled world, it’s so easy to destroy.
Honor those who serve and have in the past.
You have enlisted and served in an all-star cast.