DO YOU REMEMBER (c)Ron Burres

DO YOU REMEMBER

Ron Burres 5/27/2010

DO YOU REMEMBER

FROM HIS WHEEL CHAIR 

HE SPOKE

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HARD WE FOUGHT

DO YOU REMEMBER WHY

DO YOU REMEMBER THE RIGHTS WE SOUGHT

WHEN WE WENT TO DIE

IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT OUR PRIDE

ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT TOO

WE CHOSE TO GO AND JOIN THE FIGHT

BRINGING  JUSTICE TO OUR CAUSE 

TO ENSURE A HERITAGE JUST FOR YOU

EVEN THOUGH FREEDOM IS A RIGHT

IT IS SELDOM GIVEN FREE

GOD BLESS THE SOULS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR STRANGERS LIKE YOU AND ME

ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY

DO YOU REMEMBER (C) Ron Burres 5/27/2010

DO YOU REMEMBER     (C) Ron Burres 5/27/2010

FROM HIS WHEEL CHAIR 

HE SPOKE

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HARD WE FOUGHT

DO YOU REMEMBER WHY

DO YOU REMEMBER THE RIGHTS WE SOUGHT

WHEN WE WENT TO DIE

IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT OUR PRIDE

ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT TOO

WE CHOSE TO GO AND JOIN THE FIGHT

BRINGING  JUSTICE TO OUR CAUSE 

TO ENSURE A HERITAGE JUST FOR YOU

EVEN THOUGH FREEDOM IS A RIGHT

IT IS SELDOM GIVEN FREE

GOD BLESS THE SOULS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR STRANGERS LIKE YOU AND ME

ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY

I AM

HE SAID

MY NAME IS I AM

HE PAUSED

I WAITED

WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE PAST

WITH ITS MISTAKES AND REGRETS

IT IS HARD

FOR

I AM NOT THERE

MY NAME IS NOT

I WAS

WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE

FUTURE

WITH ITS PROBLEMS AND FEARS

IT IS HARD

FOR I AM NOT THERE

MY NAME IS NOT

I WILL BE

I AM ONLY HERE

NOW

MY NAME IS I AM

CHANGE

John 8:11 "Go and sin no more" the fact is it is far too easy to be a hypocrite, we have all sinned.

CHANGE

(C) Ron Burres

I am not that man you knew yesterday,

Each day is added onto the ones before

If it were not for that man of yesterday

Touching my life in his own unique way

I would not be who I am

Perhaps,

Tomorrow I will be better.

That is my sincere hope.

arbee

a CHILD OF THE 1940's

CHILD OF THE 1940's   (c) Ron Burres

I am a child of the 1940s' and growing up I was taught the importance of:

God,

Honesty,

Integrity,

Responsibility

The results of cause and effect.  

I eventually came to believe that: 

Competition creates achievement,

Success is a product of smart thinking and hard work.

Innovation and creativity are products of individual freedom.

We all have the right to believe and practice our religion or not.

Each person is unique in talent, ability and in contribution to society. 

In the freedom to express myself, and the right of my neighbor to do the same.

A country and society divided against itself will eventually crumble and fall into weakness.

Common sense is the best aid in decision making, without it most plans is destined to fail. 

True education promotes digging through piles of drivel and deceit in order to discover truth

Indoctrination promotes actions based upon unsustainable falsehoods and a lust for power. 

That it makes more sense to believe in God, eternity, grace and forgiveness than in the nothingness of atheism because of possible result. 

DO YOU REMEMBER

DO YOU REMEMBER     (C) Ron Burres

FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR 

HE SPOKE

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HARD WE FOUGHT

DO YOU REMEMBER WHY

DO YOU REMEMBER THE RIGHTS WE SOUGHT

WHEN WE WENT TO DIE

IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT OUR PRIDE

ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT TOO

WE CHOSE TO GO AND JOIN THE FIGHT

BRINGING  JUSTICE TO OUR CAUSE 

TO ENSURE A HERITAGE JUST FOR YOU

EVEN THOUGH FREEDOM IS A RIGHT

IT IS SELDOM GIVEN FREE

GOD BLESS THE SOULS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR STRANGERS LIKE YOU AND ME

ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY

GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY, OUR WARRIORS, THE USA

HOW FAR WE HAVE COME

HOW FAR WE HAVE COME,
IN SO SHORT A TIME.
AWAY FROM THE REPUBLIC I ONCE CALLED MINE.
AWAY FROM THE VALUES WE ONCE HELD DEAR,
MOVING TOWARD A PLACE
COMMON SENSE SHOULD FEAR.

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER    (C) Ron Burres 2004

I AM THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COUNTRIES FIGHTING MAN

WHO DIED FIGHTING ON FOREIGN SOIL PROTECTING THOSE IN ANOTHER LAND

THEIR FREEDOM WAS MY GOAL, YES FREEDOM WAS MY GOAL

I PROUDLY CARRIED THE STARS AND STRIPES, THROUGH BATTLES IN FREEZING COLD

I'VE FOUGHT IN DESERTS, ON LAND AND SEA, WITH A HEART BOTH BRAVE AND BOLD

IV’E DIED ALONE ON FOREIGN SOIL WITH MY FAMILY CRYING THERE AT HOME.

I AM THE SPIRIT OF THOUSANDS OF SOULS, THOSE WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR TIME

THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOR FELLOW MAN, THEY NOW REST IN SOME FOREIGN LAND

THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM, YES FREEDOM WAS THEIR GOAL

THEY FOUGHT BESIDE ONE ANOTHER OTHER, REGARDLESS OF COLOR OR CREED

WITH FAMILIES LEFT AT HOME TO MOURN, THEY CAME TO PROTECT A HUMAN NEED

WHERE ARE THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES NOW,  WHERE ARE THEY WHEN WE BLEED,  

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

STAND UP FOR THOSE OPPRESSED FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT FIGHT

STAND WITH HEADS HELD HIGH STAND AND MAKE US PROUD AGAIN

WE FOUGHT FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT  OUR DEATHS WERE NOT IN VAIN

GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

COLOR ME HUMAN

COLOR ME HUMAN (C) Ron Burres

I SEE A LOT OF THEM IN THE NEWS

AND ON THE TV

THEY JUST DON’T SEEM TO SEE THINGS

THE SAME AS ME

THEY SEE HATRED AND ANGER WHERE EVER THEY LOOK

WHEN I LOOK OUT AT THE WORLD

THIS IS WHAT I SEE

I SEE CHILDREN SINGING WITH JOY IN THEIR VOICE

I SEE PARENTS LOVING GIVING LIFE AS THEIR CHOICE

I SEE BLINDNESS OF COLOR IN THE MAKING OF MAN

I SEE SAMENESS IN ALL, JUST THE ONE RACE

HUMAN

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR