BadFisherman wrote:
Decades ago, I ran across this while visiting the VietNam Memorial at Angel Fire, New Mexico. The memorial was built by the efforts of a Father whose Son was lost in the War. It was his way of paying tribute to his Son, who fought alongside a good friend of mine. The following was left there by a visiting Veteran...unknown. As Memorial Day approached and remembering that Viet Nam was a war fought primarily by teenagers, I felt compelled to post it on OPP. I am posting it again, here on FS, just as it appeared at the Angel Fire Memorial.
'LOSS OF INNOCENCE'
We were children.
Patriotic, brave children.
Innocent of Honor.
All too soon,
We were forced to grow up,
To face danger and bloodshed.
Terrors, real and imagined,
Waited there in the dark.
But, grimly determined,
We stood our ground,
Though the reason got lost
In the fight.
And we were proud!
Then we came home....
Some of us whole and some of us not,
And no one cared.
All these years we've stumbled along,
Bewildered and lost, remembering,
And lonely...
Scorned, ridiculed and ignored,
For something out of control.
And now we're men...
Hardened and inside ourselves.
But it's not too late,
Won't you try and understand?
We were just children.
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Thank you! This need to be posted every year. Mike