Friday, April 17, 2015

Left at the Wall – v5

Pieces, shards only,
broken fragments
of your stories, heartache;
Their stories, unfinished,
of their lives cut short,
of their lives empty
without each of you.

So many young men gone,
so many women alone.
Comrades with guilt,
nightmares of that place
so far away, distant,
from everything we know.

So alien, eternal vigilance,
in that jungle
in Vietnam.
Things we bring
to you, to them
left at the Wall
not where they lay.

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edited April 17, 2015
Left at the Wall – v5

(editing version 1 and reviewing all 4 versions)
edited November 11, 2014
Left at the Wall – v4
Veteran’s Day
edited May 27, 2014
Left at the Wall – v3
Edited May 26, 2014
Left at the Wall – v2
Memorial Day
August 5, 2006 18:05
Left at the Wall
&
edited March 23, 2015
The Wall – v4
(editing originalagain)
edited November 11, 2014
The Wall – v3
edited May 28, 2014
The Wall – v2
posted February 14, 2004
The Wall
June 22, 2001
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edited November 11, 2014
In the Rain, in that Place – v5
(editing original)
Veteran’s Day
edited November 11, 2014
In the Rain, in that Place – v4
Veteran’s Day
edited May 27, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v3
edited May 26, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v2”
Memorial Day
November 11, 2010
“In the Rain, in that Place”
and remembering being
at the Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
during the 10th anniversary
Veteran’s Day 1992
&
All of my Veteran’s Day poems
&
All of my Memorial Day poems

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,130+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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