To The East Wing of the Vietnam Memorial
BY: REV. DR. LESLIE TROMBLY
(C)COPYRIGHT - 1998
THERE IS A VALLEY OF TEARS THAT COVERS THIS NATION -
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST
SEE THE FACES OF LOVED ONES LOST IN SENSELESS WAR
ARE FILLED WITH PAIN AND SORROW.
HEAR THE RESTLESS SOULS OF MEN AND WOMEN, LONG
SINCE DEAD,
CRY OUT IN ANGUISH -"PLEASE DO NOT FORGET ME!"
THERE IS NO PEACE ON EARTH SO A FAMILIAR SONG
HAS SAID,
NOR IS THERE ANY LASTING PEACE FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT,
AND SUFFERED AND EVEN DIED SO LONG AGO.
THEY FOUGHT A WAR THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WON OR LOST,
TO ONLY BE SENT HOME IN DISGRACE AND TO SEE A NATION
TURN IT'S BACK ON THEM.
AN UNWANTED WAR, AN UNGRATEFUL NATION, THAT'S LONG SINCE
BEEN SWEPT AWAY LIKE YESTERDAY'S NEWS.
BUT THERE ARE THOS WHO CAN'T AND WON'T FORGET ALL THOSE
BRAVE SOULS WHO FOUGHT SO WELL.
THE MEMORIES SHALL STAND FOREVER ETCHED IN THE MINDS OF
THOSE WHO RECALL.
IN THE PAINED ADN GRIEF STRICKEN FACES OF LOVED ONES
LEFT BEHIND,
THOSE SOLDIERS, THOSE YOUNG AND BRAVE SOLDIERS WHO DIED
FOR THIS COUNTRY
AND THOSE SOLDIERS, WHO YET LIVE, BUT ARE TATTERED AND TORN
IN MINDS, SOUL AND BODY; YET BRAVELY SMILE AND GO ON.......
WILL NOT AND SHALL NOT B FORGOTTEN - EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE
TRAVELED THRU THE VALLEY OF TEARS!
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