Closure

Once again from the embattled past,

More brothers have been returned at last,

Recovered from their forlorn beds,

To rest in honor at home instead.

So many more remain behind

Though yet alive in loving minds.

They're still lost to the yearning arms

Of those who prayed they’d return unharmed.

Since that event is yet to be,

God grant this Nation will finally see

On some soon, long-awaited day,

Her last 'Nam son come home to stay.

So many offered all there was to give,

And we  pray, somehow, some still live.

If they do, God sustain those men...

Please, for us all, let it come to an end.

© 10/1/2003 Thurman P. Woodfork