THE VIETNAM WALL

• THE VIETNAM WALL.

  THE MEN OF GRANITE

   
  
  DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF VIETNAM 
  AND ALL WHO SERVED
                              
  The Stone that Rises 
  before them all               
  Were
  Men of Flesh 
  before the Fall
      
  A 
  Tribute 
  of The Ones 
  of Stone
  Carved 
  in Granite 
  to show the cause
  
  A 
  life that once 
  felt these Hearts
  Now 
  is lost 
  in Men of Stone
  
  These 
  Soldier's 
  who fight no more
  Only 
  stand 
  with an unknown cause
  
  In 
  fields of lifeless still
  
  To 
  Speak 
  Out of Why it Was
  
  Once 
  on a Battlefield!
  Where 
  Men were Flesh
  
  Are 
  we to be Flesh or Stone?
  
  These 
  Men of Granite 
  will not come Home
  
  A 
  Life, 
  a Tribute of the Cause
  
  A 
  Price 
  they Paid 
  to be in Stone
  
  Is 
  it fitting to the end? 
  To 
  stand a bliss 
  and see the end?
  
  Can
  We
  Not Make 
  Peace Our Friend? 
  Carve
  a Monument 
  To The End?
  
  Leave 
  The Men 
  with Flesh and Feet
  Hearts
  and Minds
  Not Torn Apart
  
  These 
  Souls 
  Amidst Tombs of Stone 
  
  Standing
  in Fields 
  of Granite and Stone
  
  Die 
  Amidst 
  The Baptism of Fire
  Where 
  Death is Hailed
   by Tributes of Fire
  
  Friend 
  and Foe 
  were Both to go
  
  As 
  Bullets 
  Ripped, 
  Through 
  Flesh and Soul
  
  Leaving 
  Both 
  Friend and Foe
  Shattered 
  Dreams 
  and Broken Hearts
  
  Fell 
  as Each 
  One's 
  Life was Lost
  
  Death 
  Had 
  Come 
  To 
  Quench its Thirst
  
  The 
  Tools of War 
  Gave Him His Feast
  
  Is 
  This 
  The Price 
  That spilled Their Blood? 
  
  To 
  See 
  Them Turn 
  From Flesh To Stone
  
  For 
  is Our 
  Monument 
  To Them or War? 
  
  These 
  Men of Granite 
  Will Not Come Home.
  
  A Poeatreeman
  
  If I could be 
  as Hard as Granite
  
  I 
  would be less 
  than Flesh and Bone
  
  If 
  I could assure you
  My Heart and Soul 
  are One with Them
  
  You'll
   know I was not 
  Steel of Granite
  
  If 
  you can see 
  the tears that fall
  You'll 
  know there is 
  a Soul in this.
  
  
  Edgar Allan Prieto
  May 11,1985
  Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

   

  AN UNWANTED WAR**** THE MEN OF GRANITE****  

  A WOUNDED SOUL**** WHEN GOD TAKES HOLD****

  AN UNWANTED SOLDIERS****KEEP IT UP****