Vietnam

Napalmed forests

Bleeding cities

Poisoned rivers

Deformed children

Generations blemished

Lost grandfathers

And lonely grandmothers

Crying mothers

For all that once was

And the children that once were

Forgive.

Can you

Forgive……….

©August 1, 2009

Faye Sizemore
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"In the End, we will remember not the words

of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)