Not Lost , Not Forever

in honor of David J. Bredesen Three days after your arrival in Vietnam you were gone but you are not lost to us, not forever Your parents who grieved so stand by your side now. together you wait for the rest of us. and you are not lost to us, not forever our children who never knew you are asking us about you about what happened and why and how we felt as we tell of you and the family I think they feel for a moment as we did then and you are not lost to us or them not forever.