A Different Vietnam
After 13 years
I feel you’ve become
my Vietnam,
one war of the heart
I had little chance to win.
So many small battles –
some were mine I faced alone,
others were yours we faced together.
We each have too many scars,
mine from fighting alone for so long,
yours from fighting with someone once very close.
I’ve decided at this point
that loving you
and having to leave you
is still worth it –
even when the flashbacks return
and I see you both so clear, so untouchable.
Yes, I’m experiencing shell shock
and probably will for a while longer
until my R&R is over
and this soldier of love goes back to war
to try and win his next battle of the heart.
4/5/88
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