Empty Boots:

Walk a mile in another mans boot’s?

I don’t think its possible

Yeah we have pounded the same ground

but each journey is different

In Vietnam each man walked his own destiny

Destiny maps out longevity

Unlike men

Boots were alike for sure

Black leather

Green canvas

Caked with red mud

But the man,

The Soldier,

often lay Caked with red Blood

The Warrior experiences War,

War will suffocate the experience of life

Boots are removed

The journey has ended for the man

...Even so...

His boots remain,

Age has no effect

His journey continues in the hearts

Of  the Brothers of war

The boots are empty

But our hearts are full

We continue to walk in sorrow

Alas,

we could not walk in freedom

except for the man who once filled

the now empty boots

Boon 3/9/02