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Homeless Viet Nam Vet |
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Inside Yourself
Deep Within the dream
The waiting
for the Past
To catch you up and come again
Behind
Your eyes
The kindness still shows through
The
nightmares where you walked
The spectral jungles you
can't lose
The Man, the Boy
Brave Soldier, child
of Whom...
Marched off to play at war
And came home
dead, his heart a tomb |
By Ronda Scott-Marak
Copyright 2000
Listed
September 5, 2012 |
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Author's Note:
This is based on a man I used to see in the Chicago
"Loop" who'd sit on a briefcase
on one of the bridges over the Chicago River looking at
the sidewalk and holding
limply onto a cardboard sign that said "HOMELESS VIET
NAM VET". I wrote it after
packing a lunch for him as usual and he was no longer to
be found in his usual spots.
It bothered me so that I had to write this to exorcise
the concern as to his health
and whereabouts. I hope he's somewhere safe and getting
help. |
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