Hi Peter,
Thanks for stopping by to visit my Friend. Seems we have more in common than I thought. Thanks for your Service. Every Memorial Day the memories keep coming back. I lost a lot of Good Friends in Vietnam, several of whom I had known for most of my life, and the Memories are still painful.
I usually listen to the following song at least once or twice evry Memorial Day. Click below for The Wall Song...
REFLECTIONS ON THE WALL - VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Everyone knows a name or two.
It is a feeling
like the coldest winter wind
down your spine,
and
makes tears want to fall.
Standing and staring at myself,
in black endless reflections,
I look around me,
Careful not to open and expose
my heart
like a window,
so that some righteous
hero of the peace movement,
with pot stained teeth
and photos of Jane Fonda,
still yellowing in his wallet,
can tell me how
he was right all along!.
I have crossed too many graveyards,
to have to yield my heart now.
I touch the face in the reflection
and seek oneness with it.
I still seek those dreams
that will remain sealed forever
in this black granite slab.
Those were the dreams
of my youth
that got buried here.
Thanks Again My Friend & God Bless You,
Phil