by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
What drew them together on this sacred, hallowed ground?Was it the war fought in Asia with its heartbreak so profound?Perhaps it was the cries of young men with wounds that ran so deep,Or the countless hours of giving with no rest and little sleep.Maybe it was the...
by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
Each broken body, each face drawn with paintakes a piece of your heart.Pleading eyes are desperate for assurance.”Will I be all right? “”Yes. ” Is a lie.Gaping wounds leave gaping holes in your soul.Endless faces without names, with endless...
by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
She’s got a Suitcase Full of Secrets… that she’s lookin’ to unload…Baggage that she carries with her everywhere she goes…On her wrist there is a bracelet… with a name she might have known…A friend or a lover...
by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
WE VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO WARTOOK GAMES TO THE TROOPS TO MAKE THEM SMILEAND WERE ALL THE WORLD LIKE THE GIRL NEXT DOORWITH A TOUCH OF HOME FOR A LITTLE WHILE.TO BASE CAMPS, HOSPITALS AND LZ’SWE’D FLOAT, WE’D FLY, WE’D DRIVEAND HOPED, SOMEHOW, TO...
by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
Read at the Dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial,Washington, D.C. November 11, 1993 Listen now I’ve a story to tell,About some Women who lived through Hell.They came to us, not on Wings of Dove’s,They came to us from Chopper’s above.They...
by vwmf_sixsyk | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem
I’m told I’m not a Vietnam Veteran . . .Because I was never “In Country,” in Vietnam,I was “Stateside.”Stateside hospital nurse, what could I possibly know of war?After all, I wasn’t there, “In Country,”I was...
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