Where Have They Gone?
They drifted back one at a time
into the World.
No music,
no drums and
no flags unfurled.
Most tried to leave their ghosts,
in-country.
But some will live with the sights and sounds of war until the end of time.
Some will never return,
but in our hearts they will always stand tall.
Many will be remembered until time stands still,
on that black granite wall.
They changed their uniforms for civvies and tried to start their lives over.
Some became lawyers
Some became Policemen
Some became Doctors
Some became Nurses
Some became Truck drivers
Some became Business men
Some became Men of God
Some became Farmers
Some just couldn't stand the pain
But most managed to sustain.
And all will be eternal brothers in a faraway time and place called
The Vietnam War.
Jackie R. Kays, SSgt USAF
35th APS, Đà Nàng, AB - 1965
Dedicated to all the men and women who served in SEA during the Vietnam war. |
