Coming Home

When I came home 

To a familiar place

Certain things had changed, 

It was written on my face

Old friends never asked,

What was it like, how did it feel?

To fire and dodge bullets 

With jackets of steel

" I just kept it inside 

 The memories stayed real "

There was no time for sharing,

With any but the few 

Who had been there beside me, 

The only others that knew.

It seems minds have awakened 

To that horrible war

Fought not just in Asia, 

But here too on our shore. 

It's great to be a Vet now, 

A Patriot and more

So many years after

The end of that war

May God bless our brothers

Who passed on before

Let them know there is settlement,

Even after our war!

By Leo   "Mineman"   Sharkey  

6-10-2000