She RemembersAll those who went before herGiving their lives for herGiving up everythingSacrificeWarOppressionAll imprinted on their soulsFor her freedomShe RemembersSo that she can embodyTheir dignityTheir devotionAnd honor them in her workMoving forwardIn her FreedomShe RemembersIn order that she is instilledWith their sense of dutyTo her brethren on this planetNo matter how bigNo matter the fearShe does her workIn her freedomShe RemembersBecause if she doesn’tHer children may be fooledInto senseless warsInto senseless chainsAnd she will not wasteThe memoryOf the price they paid for FreedomShe RemembersBecause she sees the flippant waysThose who take their freedom for grantedAuthority given in a power that is not theirsPersuasion of a different kind yet still as dangerousOpinion given in anger rather than love and overbearingJudgment born in the disguise of being for the betterWithout any thought to those who have felt real fear, real oppression, real hunger, real war, real cold, real chains, real bloodAnd given their livesFor the Freedom of othersShe RemembersBecause there are still those who live with this fearEvery day in sacrificeTheir ownTheir childrenTheir loversTheir fathersTheir mothersTheir everythingAnd until the day comes when this is not soThen she has work to doShe RemembersShe Will Never ForgetAnd so it is©Alexandra GoldIn loving thanks to all of those who have fought for our freedom and continue to do so.