Remembrance Day poem: nation grateful for soldiers’ sacrifices

The following poem was submitted by Mount Forest resident Dennis Bridle.

 We Remember Them

To those who answered the call to duty

When their country called upon them,

To join up and serve, our freedom to preserve

We remember them.

They gladly traveled to foreign lands

Into harm’s way they went,

To deliver a blow, that would vanquish the foe

Of this, they would never relent.

 We are a grateful nation

 Of this there is no doubt,

We’re thankful they served, our nation preserved

We remember them.

To those who made it safely home

Into the arms of loved ones,

Have nary a fear, for they’d quickly volunteer

Once again, to take up their weapons.

To those who did not make it home

Who paid the ultimate price

Our gratitude won’t cease, may they ever rest in peace.

We remember them.

Dennis Bridle