Lou J. Klaiber

US

We are old soldiers
Old Marines
old men who still give
messages
small gifts to
others that we do not know

We shall die alone
forgotten

Remember us!

We fought hard
We fought together
as Brothers

We are the Veterans
of Vietnam.

This poem prompted the response, “Us (A Response)” ~ ©Copyright December 30, 2001 by Faye Sizemore