433 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND Freedom Is Not Free I may never know your name. Where you fought; from whence you came. I may never know your story, Or if you found your promised glory. I wasn't there when you enlisted, and I'll never know why I can't begin to fathom the pain you felt when you died. As I wander past the crosses, the names blur into one another The legacy of the lost, all our fallen sisters and brothers I never saw the death, the horror, the violence It wasn't me in the battlefield fighting alone I never understood our moment of silence I only know that it's two minutes I can't be on my phone Freedom was mine since the day I was born, I didn't care enough to contemplate the cost, I thought I was honouring them with the poppy I wore, But it would never bring back all the lives that were lost. I was ignorant until I met them; the veterans I failed to see The heroes who herald our anthem; who made Canada "strong and free." They protected our country since it's very founding, They sacrificed for over a century, The brave souls who served amid the guns resounding, Who prove that freedom doesn't come for free. Freedom is a right, it's true, but it's a right that was hard gained, And the fight for freedom is one that continues through that death, horror, and pain So I salute you now, soldiers of the grave, And to those who lived on, who keep their memories alive, I salute the families who learned what it meant to be brave, All those who lost themselves so I could thrive. Our brothers saw battle so we wouldn't have to, Our sisters fought with their lives so ours could be free, So I honour their courage with this dream I pursue. You gave up yourselves, so I could be me.
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