Thank you very much to all of the people in our armed services and who have ever been. In honor of these people, here is my peom Purple Hearts. I know it's already on this site, but here is a refreshment of it. It also has some editing that I have done since this time.

Purple Hearts
Bled at war
Found in peacetime
Bleed no more

Pinned upon
A warrior's chest
Given for pain
Not won by best

Grandpas show
Awards with pride
But in their hearts
Sorrow resides

The pain of war
Has marred their lives
And purple hearts
Can't make it right

Though we cheer
And shout with joy
About the fight
And for "our boys"

The purple hearts
On our warrior's vests
Don't heal the hearts
In our warrior's chests

The hearts that bleed
For comrades' deaths
Just want peace
But can't find rest

Their heavy hearts
Though not quite stone
Are cold, smooth steel
And are so alone