Beatrice Boyle Poet Rhyme

Vietnam Legacy

A.N: Dedicated to my son-in-law John Searfoss

Vietnam Legacy 

They came home from Vietnam
Bearing nightmares they can’t shake
Reliving all the horror
Is more than they can take
They went to war as children
Not schooled in killing then
And many came home to loved ones
As hardened …broken men

There were no parades and speeches
Or the Laureate creating a poem
There were no important dignitaries 
To greet them coming home
Now…many years have come and gone
For some, their lives destroyed
Their minds are stuck in a time warp
And they drink to fill the void

They will never be the same
For their war was different somehow
They deserve to be remembered
So let us salute them now!
We honor and we thank you
Your deserve our respect
For your service and your bravery
And we never will forget!

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Juanita Warden July 2, 2011 at 10:59 PM A very tender subject for me and you wrote it beautifully.Thank you so much for sharing. Beatrice Boyle July 2, 2011 at 11:44 PM Thank you Juanita...it is a travesty that these brave boys were treated so shamefully! It took about 20 years before they were given their due via the Vietnam Wall in Washington. Too late for most of them I'm afraid. I've written extensively about them and other wars for the American Legion and I will be posting them one by one in the future. Bea