Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #225

Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #225

REMEMBER ME

This long black wall is somber, true.
Name after name of those who died for you,
And as I sit and weep beneath a tree
I hear them scream, 'REMEMBER ME'.

I touch the granite stone. It's cold.
Their average age was but twenty years old.
They hardly left their mother's knee!
"Remember me. PLEASE, remember me".

Vietnam was so very far away.
Their call was duty, not for play.
Our country had a pledge to keep.
They answered it. We stayed to weep.

I reach to touch each name I can.
Some left, a boy; returned a man.
The others are upon this wall I see
I hear them whisper,"Remember me".

Written from the Heart by Esther B. Campbell Gates
Mom of Sp/4 Keith Allen Campbell, DSC, BSM, PH

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Otis Willie PIO The American War Library	Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #225 Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #225 REMEMBER ME This long black wall is somber, true. Name after name of those who died for you, And as I sit and weep beneath a tree I hear them scream, 'REMEMBER ME'. I touch the granite stone. It's cold. Their average age was but twenty years old. They hardly left their mother's knee! "Remember me. PLEASE, remember me". Vietnam was so very far away. Their call was duty, not for play. Our country had a pledge to keep. They answered it. We stayed to weep. I reach to touch each name I can. Some left, a boy; returned a man. The others are upon this wall I see I hear them whisper,"Remember me". Written from the Heart by Esther B. Campbell Gates Mom of Sp/4 Keith Allen Campbell, DSC, BSM, PH More Poetry http://members.aol.com/warlib/poems.htm Submit a poem http://www.amervets.com/poems/mypoem.htm -- Otis Willie (Ret.) Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com) The American War Library, Est. 1988 (http://www.amervets.com) 16907 Brighton Avenue Gardena CA 90247 1-310-532-0634 Military Webmaster Site Link Request Form: http://www.amervets.com/linkreq.htm Military and Vet Info-Exchange/Discussion Groups http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/share.htm