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>I am not computer savvy, but I would like to submit a >poem, >It Was Only Yesterday, for my husband...SP4 T. Godwin >(US Army, 183rd RAC 1st AVN, 1968-1970, War-Stories >member). > >I wrote for my husband, a Vietnam Veteran. He was >there from June 1968 to January 1970. He was drafted. > >I did not know my husband when he was an 18-year-old >hippie who got drafted. I do have a brother who was >drafted when he was 19. He ended up enlisting in the >Air Force. >But this poem is for Terry Godwin whom I met when he >was a 45-year-old man. > >The Vietnam War (police action actually) was my war. >I was a young teenager who saw her friends get >drafted, go off to a place none of us ever heard of, >and some never came home. It seems that every >generation has their war, this one was mine. > >I have been asking Terry questions about his >experiences during the war, but just like everyone >else who’s been there, he won’t tell me very much. I >say “very much” because I have actually managed to get >approximately 4 things in 15 years that happened to >him! Which of course I will not speak about either. > >However, because I do know the man, have been there >during his nightmares, and have found myself part of >those nightmares at times, I had this poem to write >from my side of the street. > >When I read this poem to my husband he said “you got >that so right, how did you manage to get into my >head?” Well, I didn’t get in his head, I just >happened to be a part of his nightmares, and I ‘v had >some of my own. I felt his fear and terror during >those nightmares he was having, and couldn’t help but >be part of them. > >So this is where the poem came from. I was sitting at >my computer one night and it just came to me. It >took me all of 5 minutes to write, but even I was >surprised at the outcome. I would like to share this >with others because he said I had hit a cord. Perhaps >this will help someone somewhere to place a finger on >a feeling. I don’t know, I just hurt for all these >men, who were young boys when they left. My heart >still aches for their lost innocence. > >Oksana Godwin August 4, 2008
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