THE MOVING WALL

A visit to “THE WALL” for some is a time to cry

for those who never came home.

A visit to “THE WALL” for some is a time to mend

old wounds of the heart and soul.

A visit to “THE WALL” for some is to say I’m sorry

for being alive.

A visit to “THE WALL” for some is to remember the

good times they had with those who did

not come home.

A visit to “THE WALL” for me was a time to heal a heart

full of pain for all those I knew who died, for they

died but I came home.

A visit to “THE WALL” will be many things to many people

but to me it has healed my soul and made me feel

proud to have been there.

By Guy Jones, a Vietnam Vet Nov 68 – Oct 69.

v Co A & HQ, 43d Signal Battalion, 22d Signal Group, 1^st Signal Brigade

v Pleiku, Vietnam (MAC V compound)