to where they died
we carried them
and it was not
home
where they died
yet we carried them
and something within us died
with them
as we carried them
so far from home...... as they died
and I became their eyes
as they died
staring away from here to
somewhere
and remembering
the perfect happiness
of breath
and laughter
time on my side
yet all fades into gone
when death prevails
death laughing
his fist in my
face.
By
Lou J. Klaiber
Copyright 2002 Listed
December 20, 2009
Lou served in Vietnam in 3 Corps Vietnam during 1965 - 1966 as a Sergeant E-5.
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