Soldier

My tribute to the Vietnam vets

As I laced up my tennis shoes
I hurried to meet up with you
and ran to find you getting off the bus,

And when I saw you standing there
in uniform so debonair
I was hoping everyone would notice us.

As you picked up your duffel bag
we walked, and you took off your cap
and put it on my forehead just for fun,

And as my curiosity
began to get the best of me
I asked you if you’d ever shot a gun.

My mother said that you’d been gone
you’d gone to fight in Vietnam
I couldn’t have been no more than nine or ten,

With pride I walked right next to you
And wondered if you felt it too
Or would you feel ANYTHING again?

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The words make the reader find the place and see the situation.
"With pride I walked right next to you
And wondered if you felt it too
Or would you feel ANYTHING again?"
The above lines. The questions the soldier must learn to understand. Forget or make them colder. Thank you Mari. You create a masterpiece for real life and people.
Coyote

[Mari' Emeraude]

thank you again Coyote

[Coyote Poetry]

My father served in the Korean war and Vietnam. He never came back. You need to write a book. Real life is poetry. Good days and the bad.

[Mari' Emeraude]

I'm so sorry to hear about your father. There's a real soft spot in my heart for the Veterans. ps. I do in fact have five books out; two being poetry. They're over there on Amazon :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I will research. Can you buy at Barnes and Noble? I served for almost 15 years. Old timers would drink to forget. A terrible death.

[Mari' Emeraude]

So many suffer from PTSD and never get the help they deserve. You may check out my books here (if it will let me post the hyperlink).. https://www.amazon.com/Mari’-Emeraude/e/B00YI1VEI4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1520709364&sr=8-1

[Mari' Emeraude]

They're available through AMazon and Lulu

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Mari.

[Mari' Emeraude]

thank YOU!

[Cyrus Cummings]

wow how profound
you found out of crowd
and bound the mound.

how powerful the bless and excitement from the spouse and dependent and than that fact that that was the last he had left.

thank you, most of us dont come back home even if were there in motion.

[RefugeInRain]

Love this, you articulate the scene beautifully, and the feeling of enthusiastic childhood pride in someone even though you know it's a delicate time for them.

Respect to our veterans.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you so much. True story!

[mou]

Your words and the deliverance always capture the heart. Great respect to the Vietnam veterans and their families
- mou

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you, Mou and I second your motion. My 'hats off' to them all.

[Daz]

Much respect to the Vietnam veterans... and all those who serve for our freedom and justice.

[Mari' Emeraude]

AMEN! They don't get the recognition they deserve I'm afraid.

[Daz]

Your tribute sheds light very eloquently. It's a step towards that goal.

[Mari' Emeraude]

I appreciate your kind words, Jodash

[Cherrie Palmer]

very good, poem. I loved the way you set it up and let it unfold. Very natural and rang true. I had two brother's serve in that war. It was a hard thing to carry around.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you. It was such a controversial time and even though I was still pretty young, even I felt the tension of the attitudes in society. I remember seeing Walter Cronkite on the news every night bringing the horrors of that war into our living room.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I remember that sometime Walter would ask the parents to have children leave the room before he ran some of the clips.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Oh yes I remember now as well.