Paradox

Vietnam Moon                                           

Circled by a blood red haze                         

Silhouetted choppers

The jungles ablaze

.................................................Dancing under the moon

.................................................Listenin’ to purple haze

.................................................Silhouettes against the fire

.................................................These are the love-in days

Perimeters been breached

Coming through the wire

Screaming like ghosts

Around a funeral fire

..................................................Sittin' in a circle

..................................................Smokin’ Mary Jane

..................................................Howling at the stars

..................................................Ain’t feeling no pain              

Sand bags exploding

Red clay taking flight

Fixed bayonets

Another hell filled night

.................................................The Fuzz is coming down

.................................................Busting up the night

.................................................They ain’t cool

.................................................Don’t they know we got rights?

Smoke in the wind

Death in the breeze

Hope I don’t have

Many nights like these

................................................Number thirteen

................................................Hovers in the air

................................................Masks the reality

................................................Of  boys dyin’ over there                                            

Drenched in sweat

Tremors in my knees

Steeped in regret

Can’t believe what I see

................................................Nineteen sixties 

................................................We did what we pleased

................................................Psychedelic clouds

................................................Get out of Vietnam please                          

Looking for the sky

There’s a ringing in my ears

Grounds caving in

Good Lord what’s happening here?

..................................................Reaching for the sky

..................................................Visions in our head               

..................................................Flowers instead of guns

..................................................Better red than dead

Remember us

We gave you the right

You chose to run

While we continued to fight

..................................................Carrying signs

..................................................Chanting in the street

..................................................Braids in your hair

..................................................Burning our Flag in the street

Two thousand three

             And we’re all still free

Thank God for the youth

Who fought for the American dream

Boon 9/04/03