#rememberanceday

I am not a badge of honour,

I am not a racist smear,

I am not a fashion statement,

To be worn but once a year,

I am not glorification

Of conflict or of war.

I am not a paper ornament

A token,

I am more.

I am a loving memory,

Of a father or a son,

A permanent reminder

Of each and every one.

I’m paper or enamel

I’m old or shining new,

I’m a way of saying thank you,

To every one of you.

I am a simple poppy

A Reminder to you all,

That courage faith and honour,

Wreaths of poppies laid during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London to honour the Fallen.

Although this year's Remembrance Sunday looks very different, it is still that special one day of the year everybody pauses to reflect. We will remember them.