The Wall
The Wall
"Remember, Billy, How Scared We Were,
When We Went to Vietnam?
And All the Guys We Met There,
Like Luke, George and Tom?"
"Remember the Way We Talked,
About the Way Things Were Back Home?
The Politics and Protesters,
And How the Media Made it Known?"
"Times Were Hard Back Then,
And to Think, We Were Such Boys.
But I Never for a Moment Thought,
The Weapons We Used Were Toys."
"I'll Never Forget the Feeling I Had,
And How Sick I Was Inside,
The Morning They Brought George In,
And Later That Day He Died."
"Luke and Tom Went out Next..
Their Chopper Never Came Back,
Then Things Became Real Hazy,
As We Fell under Attack."
"Finally All the Smoke Cleared.
It Was Then I Found You Dead.
I Screamed and Cried to God Above,
Why Didn't You Take Me Instead?!"
"But There Is Something I Want to Show You.
They've Constructed a Gigantic Wall.
And Each and Every One,
Is Listed That Took the Fall."
"Just Look at this Right Here,
There's Luke, George and Tom.
And over Here..Is You and Me.
We All Died in Vietnam."
Connie Moore
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