Poems from MillRatUSMC aka Ricardo
I served 10 years in the United States Marine Corps
Followed by working 30 years in a steelmill of Northwest Indiana
I'm now living in Altoona or is is it Al Tuna, PA
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
Why did we killed in Vietnam?
Why were we born?
Just to die.
And have our names.
On a black...
Valor; great courage in the face of danger.
virtute magna temeritate in periculo
Vanity excessive pride.
vanitatem sine superbia
...
To deal with HATE
Of Race
Of Religion
Of Sexual Orientation
How a person speaks
Are we not children
Of our planet?
~ Ricardo
On The Vietnam Memorial
Strung across slabs
Of black granite,
I wonder what stories.
They might tell?
Of their Dreams.
And their Fears...
My tears, were private
All the dying.
And the suffering
There was no one.
That I could talk to.
I suffered alone.
My tears, were private...