"i remember" i said to the sea
far out, the swell of green
nearing it's destination, the tumult grew
heaving, thundering, crashing
the lightness of the sun one way
billowing dark clouds another
standing on the shores of normandy
echos on the wind
"i remember" i said to the river
green and shining, always moving, never still
to the grasses blowing and the poppies growing
in the fields of flanders
"i remember you" to the soldiers
who lay at my feet
the whispers of the trees
branches dancing in the wind
the cawing of the crows
told me they remembered too
standing on the edge of the vimy memorial
the country lays at your feet
bending in gratefulness, remembering
chiseled in granite
unyielding stone
known and unknown
i remember you
