The Tet Offensive / Memorial Day 2010

Viet Nam has left many with mental pictures Images, that some, just couldn't forget. And when it was over and troops were home Many vanished, living alone with their regret. Some found themselves living on the streets Disrespected and blamed for an unjust war. Spat upon by some, and psychologically ill Now doubting what they had fought for. My brother was a soldier mentally tough Decorated and wounded during his 23 years. Was it the pressure of being a civilian That caused family to shed those tears? Joe's name isn't written on the traveling wall Nor does a granite headstone mark his spot. Yet I count Joe D. among the living dead Just another memory that time can't blot. My brother has been missing since 1984