Memorial Day 2020
Memorial Day 2020
Remembering Our Brother, Joe D.
By: Miracle Man
Memorial Day 2020
(Remembering Our Brother Joe D. and His Service)
Miracle Man
His life,
Is a shadowbox on our nondescript wall,
and gravestone that rests in the Wright plot.
I recall his life as always being A.W.O.L.
causing family to always live in fraught.
God answered our prayers and he returned,
but Vietnam had laid a claim on his being.
Today i wonder why family was spurned,
with his life choices, i was seldom agreeing.
Each time he returned i could see a change,
he served four tours in “Nam” and in between.
I saw a transformation that seemed strange,
I attributed this to things he’d done and seen.
So today, I endeavor to ascertain Joe’s thoughts,
was Vietnam the reason he chose to live life alone?
While each year I fail in connecting the dots,
Joe will never become to family, a forgotten stone.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2020
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