Bataan and the Banner of the Cross

I stand in retrospect
memories of war
buried beneath at the feet of the cross
Bataan. Suffering. Blood. Death March.
Indeed, the casualty of war is humanity.
I wonder where we would be
if not for those men who offered the ultimate sacrifice...
their very own lives
for me
for others
for my children
even for the evil regime of nowadays.
war beget bloodshed
violence.
But out of it all
hope dawned upon us all
just like when the Son of God was crucified
sin. atrocity. evil. wickedness finds its conqueror.
CROSS.