| WAS ON THE PHONE THE OTHER NITE, I WAS NOT FEELING VERY WELL OR RIGHT, IT WAS ALL AS IF A SPIRIT CAME FROM OUT OF NO WHERE, IT WAS SPEAKING TO A VOICE AND THE VOICE SEEMED TO CARE, WE WERE VIETNAM VET'S AND WERE IN DIFFERENT UNIT'S BUT INSIDE WE FELT THE SAME ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE "WALL" AND MEETING THERE. THE LONGER WE TALKED THE MORE I FELT THIS SPIRIT OF CARE, IT WAS THEN I KNEW MADE NO DIFFERENCE HE HAD BEEN OVER THERE, YES, THE VIET NAM THE WAR THAT CONTINUES TO TAKE IT'S TOLL, AS TIME WENT ON WE CAME CLOSER TOGETHER IN SPIRIT, WE WILL MEET AT THE 'WALL" ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THIS BRO TIM HAS FOUND A PLACE DEEP IN MY HEART WITHIN, TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW AS WE TALKED MORE AND MORE, WE BOTH HAD BEEN IN THE HORROR'S OF THE WAR, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHO WE SERVED WITH OVER THERE, IT'S THE MAIN THING WE HAVE SHOWN EACH OTHER, AND THAT IS CARE, THOSE WHO ARE ON THE "WALL" ARE TOGETHER AND STAND TALL, THEY REMAIN TOGETHER AS ONE BONDED IN GRANITE AS THE "WALL", WE THE LIVING SHOULD STAND TOGETHER AS ONE, FIGHTING AMONG OURSELVES IS A SHAME TO THOSE THAT GAVE IT ALL, KNOW WHEN TIM AND I MEET AT THE "WALL" WE WILL HAVE STRENGTH, TOGETHER AS ONE WE WILL GO AS IN BATTLE BACK TO BACK, THIS IS OUR NATURE OF THWARTING OFF ANY ATTACKS, FOR IN REALITY MY BROTHERS WE ARE ALL WE GOT, AND TOGETHER WE MUST STAY OR WE WILL FALL LIKE A ROCK, BATTLES OVER THERE SOME GREAT SOME SMALL, BUT WHOEVER YOU ARE, WE DONE WHAT WE HAD TO DO, WE BLED THE SAME COLOR OF RED AND DEATH WAS DEAD, IT TOOK US ALL WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE REAR OR IN THE BUSH, TOOK US ALL TO SURVIVE AND NOT ALL OF US ARE ALIVE, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE "WALL" FOR US TO ARRIVE, PAY OUR RESPECTS AND SAY GOODBYE AND GIVE THEM OUR CRY, FOR WE HAD NO TIME TO GRIEVE FOR THEM OVER THERE, SO MY FRIEND THEY AWAIT US AT THE "WALL" WITH OPEN ARMS, TOO COMFORT US AND SAY IT'S OK AND TO WELCOME US HOME, YES I'M READY TO GO WITH TIM AND HAVE NEVER MET HIM IN PERSON, BUT I KNOW WHEN I DO THEY ON THE "WALL WILL FEEL OUR SPIRIT, THEN IT WILL BE THAT I WILL WALK TALL AND PROUD ONCE AND FOR ALL, NO MORE HIDING FOR ME IN SHAME AND GIVING MYSELF THE BLAME, MAYBE FOR THIS IT IS WRITTEN, KNOW IN MY HEART WHAT ISN'T, GOD WILL REVEAL ALL TO ME WHEN HE FEEL'S THAT I'M READY, THAT'S WHEN REAL TRUE PEACE WILL COME TO BE FOR ME, AND I HOPE THE SAME FOR ALL OF MY BROTHER VETS, FOR WE WERE BY FAR THE VERY BEST AND WITH THAT I CAN REST, LIFE HAS FUNNY TURNS AND FOR THIS GUY TIM I'M GREATFUL, FOR IT WAS GOD THAT PUT US TOGETHER WHY I'M NOT SURE, BUT KNOW THAT FOR NOW GOD HAS HIS REASONS, MAYBE A CURE, DIVIDE LIKE UNITS AGAINST UNITS, MARINES AGAINST ARMY, SO ON AND ... YOU GET MY PICTURE, WE ARE AS ONE AND MUST STAY, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T WE WILL FALL AND DISGRACE THOSE ON THE WALL, PEACE AND LOVE FOR THIS LAND IS WHAT I FOUGHT FOR, THAT'S WHAT I WAS BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE WAR WAS FOR, OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND WE MUST KEEP THEM, TOGETHER AS ONE WE CAN, DIVIDED WE SHALL LOSE AND FALL, THEN IF THEY CHOOSE TO THEY CAN TEAR DOWN THE "WALL" WE AS BROTHERS RALLY TOGETHER AS ONE AND WE WILL FOREVER REMAIN STRONG, THIS IS IN HONOR FOR AND TO ALL THAT SERVED, MAY WE REMAIN AS ONE AND BROTHERS FOREVER LIKE THOSE IN STONE, GOD GIVE US THE POWER TO REMAIN STRONG AND STAY TOGETHER, AS ONE AS DO THOSE IN STONE...GOD COMFORT THE FAMILIES THAT ARE BEHIND THOSE NAMES AND IF IT BE JIM SIMPSON 173RD AIRBORNE BDE. C 2/503 INFANTRY 67-68 |
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