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An Untold Tale

HIS EYES ARE KEEN
HIS EXPERIENCE GREEN
HE’S VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS MISSION
THOUGH HE’D RATHER BE A FISHIN’
HE’S SCARED BUT NEVER WAIVING
FOR OUR FREEDOM HE’S  A SAVING
HIS BROTHERS BY HIS SIDE
ALL BUT ONE, WHICH JUST DIED
HE KNOWS A FEW
AND SO DO YOU
WHO NEVER CAME HOME
FOR OUR LIGHT NEVER SHONE
HE IS ONE OF THE MANY
EVEN ONE WAS TOO MANY
NOT TO LEAVE THAT LAND
CAUSE WE WOULDN’T RAISE A HAND
WE NEVER SAID THANKS
WHEN HE REACHED OUR BANKS
HE NEVER THOUGHT
BEFORE HE FOUGHT
WE WOULDN’T CARE
IF HE WAS LEFT THERE
NOW SOME ARE HOME
AND SOME STILL ROAM
TO HIS MOTHER HE SAID MA’AM
BUT SHE LOST HER SON TO VIETNAM

By David Graham
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