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Date Posted: 12:32:00 06/01/02 Sat
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheM03b.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.194.13
Subject: Re: The Wall
In reply to: HGille 's message, "The Wall" on 08:06:19 05/08/02 Wed

Very moving. A timeless tribute, which could apply to all who lost their lives in the countless wars we engage in. I often wonder who is really the winner.

Raphaela

>I am a Vietnam vet,
>one who has not visited the memorial in Washington yet.
>The Wall is a long, linear monument of panel after
>panel,
>each inscribed with name after name � all it can
>handle.
>I happened to see a picture of The Wall on Internet
>today,
>taken at midnight, light reflected in a most striking
>way.
>It seemed unbelievably long � stretching almost out of
>sight.
>So many soldiers killed, perished in their country�s
>fight.
>58,226! Imagine 58,226 corpses lying on bloodied
>ground.
>That�s more than the entire population of many a town!
>So many lives cut short, potential never to be
>fulfilled.
>So many friends, family, loved ones missing them still.
>Try to imagine all the sweethearts that went unwed,
>the children not conceived with their future father
>dead,
>all the little children who grew up never knowing
>their dad,
>the many achievements, successes these men might have
>had.
>These 58,226 answered their country�s call without
>asking why.
>Thinking of their supreme sacrifice always brings a
>tear to my eye.
>At The Wall, people stand and cry, paying tribute to
>their man.
>I�d like to think he hears them...maybe he can...just
>maybe he can.
>
>
>
>
>Ya'll are invited to come visit me at
>http://www.gillelands.com/poetry/

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