We Are Defended By Those We Do Not Know The Names Of Poem by Shalom Freedman

WE ARE DEFENDED BY THOSE WE DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF


We are defended by those we do not know the names of -
And when one is killed
We know the name for a moment,
Before leaving the long memory to the family-

A few it is true – special heroes-
Have stories and names that remain through the years.
But mostly the dead are anonymous
And the wounded and the injured too.

And a country and a people goes on in freedom-

While in this family or that
Which we will always pray we will not be among
Pain and Loss Forever.