HEREOS REST
Great moments in time
Magically revisited
With the perfection of hindsight
Analysed, brooded over, criticized
Leaders risen to the occasion
Their flaws now laid bare
Seem as mere ragged mortals
Tossed in the winds of chance
These icons from the past
Now sadly tarnished
Performed their will on the world
In the hope of final victory
With blood dripping still from the last order
They moved man and machine
To stop and then defeat
Self proclaimed mortal gods
Even as we revisit
Beaches and lands of history
Praises still showered
On our grand fathers deeds
Even as we trod
Our own difficult path
We can not let heroes, leaders rest
In the comfort of their deeds
Without the magic’s of today
They dared the lives of many
In the final push to victory
On foreign beaches and lands
Casting might against might
The struggle numbing and deadly
They performed deeds and saw moments
Best never experienced by man
Let us learn from the past
The cause for the reasons
So we might avoid the struggles
Of blood, of men, of machines
But let us be hold firm
To our right to freedom
But let us also allow
Past leaders their final earned rest