WHY

SOME DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A DREAM AND OTHERS THE REALITY OF YESTERDAY THE SOUNDS, THE SMELLS AND THE SIGHTS OF A PLACE' WE KNEW IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL,AS INDO CHINA, AND NOW THERE IS AN UNFORGETABLE VIETNAM.SOME MEMORIES, THOUGHTS, ANXIETIES ANDD FEARS ALL RAN THROUGH OUR MIND,WHEN THEY GAVE US [THE VETS] A PARADE..... 10 YEARS TO LATE. A WAQLL BEARING THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THIER ALL BECAME A MEMORY [A CASUALTY] OF THE SOUTH CHINA JUNK YARD. THE STATUE OF OUR SISTERS, WHO GAVE EQUALY OF THEMSELVES, AGAIN 20 YEARS TO LATE.............WHY. THEY TOOK OUR MINDS, OUR BODIES, OUR FRIENDS, RELATIVES, OUR CAREERS, AND LEFT US TO START ANEW. TODAY, THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR CHILDREN, IN A PLACE THEY KNEW AS AFRICA TO BE CALLEDF SOMALIA..... SOUNDING LIKE IT, SMELLS, LIKE IT LOOKS, LIKE IT AND FEELS LIKE THE SAME AS 30 YEARS AGO HOT-CHILD SOLDIERS HUMAN BOOBY TRAPS-..........UNDEFINED ENEMY CAUTION IN THE MARKET PLACE-FIRE FIGHTS-A STREET CORNER-UNSURE1 OF THE CAUSE OR REASON...... JUST PATRIOTIC TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS WHO AGAIN LOST A PIECE OF THEMSELVES, THEIR.......................SOLDIER SONS .................. SOMEONE SHOULD ANSWER........,,,,,,, WHY ...................ART AND DAVE SERVED IN NAM................