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again and again
he sees what's left behind
explosions on film reels
playing in his mind

it took everything he had
not knowing what would change
family behind and beside him
still silent, two boarded the plane

stepping into gunfire
courageous he would fight
he'd march with friends beside him
deciding what was right

he cried out "my brother!"
that night when he died
bare hands digging wreckage
for a body they'd never find

every night, he wondered why
traumatized and all alone
two had left for Vietnam
but only one was going home

it was a time we don't remember
and a war he can't forget
he left his best friend fallen there
forced to return with only regret

looking back on all that happened
years later; lonely, but not gone
he forgives the world what was done there
before lost, now he has overcome

fought for something bigger than him
still sees its light behind his eyes
we are strong, that soldier taught us
and it takes strength to live our livesWww@QuestionHome@Com

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