Today is Battle of the Atlantic Sunday
When I go down to the ocean
I watch the restless wave
It is nature’s only tombstone
In memory of the brave.
Beneath the ocean’s surface
In the dark and silent deep
In God’s hands are the heroes
For whom our hearts still weep.
The years have passed so quickly
But my vigil I still keep
They are not dead but resting
In the ocean fast asleep.
There are no special markers
In the graveyard far from shore
Just restless waves above them
For now and evermore. …read more
