A TEAR FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR ALL
By Guy L. Jones
I stand before the WALL with a tear running down my face,
it reflects the sorrow and pain of the heart.
As another tear rolls down my cheek
it reflects the cold hard glare of black stone whose face has a chisel look.
With the falling of another tear
you can see the boyish fun of
old friends who are no more.
As I fight to hold back the tears
their gentle hands reach out to my
heart saying we are here for you.
With there touch my tears say
I'm sorry that I came home and that
you stayed behind.
As the tears flow I know that the boy I was then is no longer
for only a man can cry for lost friends.
For I cry A Tear For Those Who gave Their All.
By Guy Jones, a Vietnam Vet Nov 68 - Oct 69. * Co A & HQ,43d Signal Battlion, 22d Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade
* Plieku, Vietnam (MAC V compound)
Guy L. Jones is a Vietnam Veteran. He served with the 43d Signal Battalion at Pleiku, Vietnam during the period November 1968 through October 1969. Guy can be reached at
guy.jones@med.va.gov
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