Remember

By Katrina V.

Remember the soldiers

The sisters and brothers

Who fought for our freedom

And still fight today

Remember the parents

The wives, sons, and daughters

Still waiting for loved ones

To come home okay

Remember the struggles

The pain and the hardship

So we would have freedom

To be who we are

Created as equals

With one loving Father

We’re free but together

United in God

Remember the fighters

Who aren’t really noticed

The ones who stay home

While the rest go to war

The craftsmen and mothers

The teachers and builders

Creating the nation

The soldiers fought for

Because of the soldiers

The fighters, the warriors

Today, as I write this

I’m living free

To say what I want to

And make my own choices

And grow into the person

God made me to be

Remember our Savior

Who died in our place and

Gave us the greatest

Freedom there is

The shackles were broken

The prison gates opened

And we will remember

Those who died so we’d live

Those who died so we’d live.

Katrina is a homeschooled teen with a love for words. She wrote her first poem at the age of four, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She regularly finds story ideas on scraps of paper, written in the childish scrawl of times long past. In addition to writing, she loves music, art, and catching frogs. She’s been taking dance lessons for six years and piano lessons for five, and climbing trees for as long as she can remember. She’ll drop whatever she’s doing to pet a dog. Books (her own and others’) occupy most of her time.