the edge of Normandy back then
we like the beach
don’t we
and
for a moment
did a soldier
think if
in
a sliced half-minute
before
before getting to take a second
step
from the landing ramp
a couple thoughts
like
this is the beach
and
I think
I’d like the beach
being
from the real Omaha and
never stepping
on
warm sand before
and
should there be
a third
step
on the beach
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photo by Daria Strategy on Unsplash
Breakages
(for D-Day)
Monuments
Stand
This is the day
They reach
And many of us
Reach with them
Which was
A multinational effort
You know
North Americans
Europeans
Against their own
Our own
A sibling conflict as
Such conflicts are
Each
And every
Tragic time
And can you imagine
The ranks included
Homosexuals
Bisexuals
How many immigrants
And refugees
Those whose English
Or a native language
Wasn’t easy
Even the homeless
Even the criminal
Maybe the left-handed
Too
Also the atheist
Agnostic
Muslim
Hindu
Shinto
All other codes
With those
Who had nothing official
To adhere to
The young
The beautiful
The misformed
Too
All those who hearts
Were broken
On the beaches
And what happened to their bodies
And their minds
And maybe touched
Their patriotism
Though the
Preponderance
Moved forward
I’m sorry
You want
To think
Of everyone
Involved
Of all the same
The same
But what we know
For sure
Is all were one
Were one
That day
And in the days
Succeeding
As the world was taken
Back into its own
And
By the end
Of the year
The human race
Could after years
More freely
Run its own
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“I’d never seen so many dead men”
voice of a D-Day veteran
Photo by David Hohl on Unsplash
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