D Day

by Lou Marin

I asked my wife if she knew what day it was.
“June 6th, Just another day I guess.”

Do you know what happened to the boys
Drown and shot on Normandy’s beaches
All those years ago,
You who value freedom?

We didn’t hoist a flag high,
or stop in remembrance like we should.

Down in the bottom of a landing craft,
Doubtful of the outcome of invasion,
A thousand young men
Yield to orders and prepare to attack.

I guess we forget what came before
as we plan for our future.

Drab cliffs and beaches await,
Defended by an enemy strong
And eager to repel our advances.
Young Americans died on this day in 1944.

It was the anniversary of D Day,
did you pause to remember on 6 June.

Do not forget the men and boys who died
Doing what their nation asked
Across the seas in 1944 or
Your American fighting men who answer the call today.

I asked my wife if she knew what day it was.
“June 6th, Just another day I guess.”

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Lou Marin, a Christian grateful for Jesus’ gift to him, was born and raised in the western hills of Maine, then spent 20 plus years wandering the country and world in the United States Air Force. Maine Department of American Legion’s Historian, he is a photographer and stringer for The Maine Trust for Local News, published poet and short story writer who pens faith based devotionals. He lives in Rumford, Maine. He is author of an anthology of poems based upon his military career entitled “Dimly Seen Through The Mists,” and a book of faith based poems entitled “My Lighthouse In Troubled Times,” available through Pen It! Publications.

Lou can be reached at mbsphotog@yahoo.com or his Facebook Page. His poetry can also be read here: Dimly Seen Through the Mist: Military Poetry

As the Voice of the Veteran Community, The Havok Journal seeks to publish a variety of perspectives on a number of sensitive subjects. Unless specifically noted otherwise, nothing we publish is an official point of view of The Havok Journal or any part of the U.S. government.