aridhol's Journal: A Mariner's Remembrance

My school did a mariner's remembrance ceremony today, in honour of those sailors who died during the wars. This poem was read during the ceremony.

On all the oceans whitecaps flow,
they have no crosses row on row,
but they who sleep beneath the sea,
sleep in peace, for our country is free.
Your duty with courage met,
we bow in grateful memory,
we will remember them,
we will remember them.

I had the opportunity to talk with a few veterans and hear their stories. It really emphasizes the reality of what I enlisted to do.