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TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

0 posted 2006-07-15 09:56 PM

The hair on his face is wiry and gray,
The lines on his brow are deep.
He wanders through the streets all night,
He doesn't get much sleep.

Whenever he tries to close his eyes,
He's right back in that place.
The helicopters, body bags..
Commander of the base.

His head is filled with cluttered thoughts.
He tries to keep it clear.
The whiskey helps to dull the pain,
The screaming in his ear.

It seems as if a million years
Have come and gone away,
Since innocence and purity
Were the order of the day.

He left his home, he left his girl
The government made him go.
Saigon was whispering his name he say's,
But little did he know...

The things he saw, the things he did
In some foreign land..
The little boy that we all loved,
Came back a crazy man.

T.T. 2005

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2006-07-15 10:24 PM

Oh yes, this did happen much too often. Good writing. Joyce

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

2 posted 2006-07-15 10:28 PM

I cried.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

3 posted 2006-07-16 04:40 PM

Well said Tina!

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

4 posted 2006-07-18 05:18 PM

So sad ~ and sadly, so often true...

Love, Peace & Harmony,
EA

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2006-07-18 07:43 PM

Far too true
for way too many...

and the lives that
were destroyed with
their coming home...

and all I can
continue to say is

Thank you, Veteran.
For all you gave,
in serving this country...
for giving us
you.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2006-07-18 07:50 PM

Something that happens far too often.
Thank you for this.
hugs~Nancy

For it was not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart..
It was not my lips you kissed
But my soul.

TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

7 posted 2006-07-18 07:53 PM

Thanks all. I can remember as a child, a man who came home from Vietnam. I remember I thought he 'was' crazy. When I got older & learned about the true horrors of war, it came to me just why he was the way he was. Sadly, a story to be repeated 1,000's of times over.

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