M-Day/MMXIV

I was in the Army
and now I’m not.
They were in the Army
and are not.

I am a vet
now and forever.
They were never vets
and are gone forever.

So I memorialize
those I cannot see.
And a photo I see
is a memory.

What can I do?
I served and left.
Now I wear a Poppy
on my right lapel.

Ave atque vale.

TP.