ANZAC Day is a national holiday in Australia. We commemorate it to remember the soldiers that died in the war to give us freedom and peace.

Here is a poem I wrote from the point of view of family member waiting for my husband to return from Gallipoli.

I dream about my husband coming back safe without a single bullet in him.

I hope my husband will come back from war safe, ready to see me and make a happy life again.

I feel empty because I have no one to make me happy, so I just keep on being sad for a long time.

I worry about him while I go to the mail box to look if any letters have come and I see a card with a stamp ‘ANZAC.’

I cry because when I read the letter it says you  died in war. I feel empty.

I am an ANZAC widow.

 How do you commemorate ANZAC day? Leave your answers in the comments. See you in the next post.