Memorial Day
Today a day to honor all those who have been lost
Lost to Wars and Conflicts Across Space and Time, We Honor You
Lost to Mental Health, Suicide, Addiction, A Lack of Belonging, We Honor You
Lost to Acts of Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia, We Honor You
Lost to Gun Violence Everywhere and Anywhere, We Honor You
Lost to Social or Environmental Injustice, We Honor You
Lost to Fear or Pain or Hate or Intolerance, We Honor You
Lost to Sickness, Lost to Illness, Lost to COVID-19, We Honor You
Today we pause and remember all those who never returned
By "Dreaming Ace"
Today is Memorial Day. A day many celebrate as the unofficial start of summer and boy do we need to turn the page and lean into a new season filled with new beginnings. But as Pete Buttigieg reminded me in a tweet this morning Memorial Day is unlike other military holidays such as Veterans Days or Armistice Day; This is the day we honor those who did not come home.
While typically the scope of Memorial Day is seen to be limited to those who have died in military conflict, I always expand this understanding to include all types of conflict as seen in my poem which starts this blog post. We lose people on many different types of battlefields. Too many of us experience battlefields.
This year one particularly large battlefield we have lost people on is named COVID-19. This has been a challenging and grief-filled time for so many of us. So yes enjoy today. So yes take a moment to breathe today. But please take a moment to pause and remember and mourn those we have been lost too. Too many have been sacrificed not to remember today is more meaningful and important than simply the unofficial start of summer.
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