{"id":1437,"date":"2024-05-18T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:38:30","slug":"weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"Weep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><big><big><em><u><big>Weep<\/big><\/u><\/em><\/big><\/big><\/span><br \/><big><br \/><\/big><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A POEM FROM THE WIFE OF A MAGGOT (WHITE FLIGHT) 187TH\u00a0 AHC &#8211;\u00a0 1969<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WEEP WITH MY EYES, FOR THEY SEE ONLY STEAMING DEATH IN GREEN DARKNESS<br \/>MY SOUL HAS LEFT ROOTS IN\u00a0 JUNGLE SOIL, RICH IN THE BLOOD OF MY BROTHERS.<br \/>IT PULLS AND BINDS ME INTO THE FALSE NIGHT OF WAR.<br \/><br \/>I AM LEFT DREAM-LIVING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SANITY&#8230;<br \/>THE TASTE OF BLOOD LIKE\u00a0 HOT METAL TO MY MOUTH.<br \/><br \/>THE SMELL OF FEAR ON THE SKIN OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ENRAGES, INTOXICATES,<br \/>HUMBLES&#8230;. YOUTH&#8217;S PASSION LEFT BEHIND, DEVIOUSLY WRAPPED IN SILKEN ASIAN<br \/>HAIR.<br \/><br \/>I JOURNEY TO COOL MY BROW AGAINST THE BLACK STONE&#8230; ETCHED WITH THE NAMES OF<br \/>THE DEAD&#8230;. THE LOST.<br \/><br \/>TREMBLING FINGERS TRACE THE MARKS&#8230;. EACH PRECIOUS NAME VIBRATES THROUGH MY<br \/>PALM WITH THE FAMILIAR FORCE OF A WEAPON&#8230; STUTTERING DEATH FAR FROM HOME.<br \/><br \/>FACES SLAM INTO MY MIND LIKE BULLETS&#8230;.. THEY SPEAK PROUD NAMES ON STACCATO<br \/>BURSTS OF LIGHT&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br \/><br \/>HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE I HAD FORGOTTEN?\u00a0\u00a0 I CARRY YOUR SCARS IN MY OWN SECRET<br \/>PLACES&#8230;.. I HOLD YOUR LAST BREATHS DEEP\u00a0 IN MY LUNGS, YOUR AGONIES CLENCHED<br \/>IN MY FIST, YOUR ANGER IN MY EYES.<br \/><br \/>I TURN FROM THIS HOLY PLACE&#8230;. MY TRUE HOME&#8230; WITH A RELUCTANT STEP.\u00a0 I BEAR<br \/>YOUR MESSAGE AS MY BURDEN, I LAY IT DOWN FOR NO&#8230;. MAN&#8230;<br \/><br \/>I AM THIS COUNTRY&#8217;S ONE TRUE BANNER&#8230; THE LIVING\u00a0 FLAG.\u00a0 LET ALL WHO ARE<br \/>SEARED BY THE HEAT OF MY PASSAGE LOOK UPON MY VISAGE AND SEE THE FACE OF<br \/>WAR&#8230;&#8230;<br \/><br \/>I WHO SHOULD SEARCH FOR PEACE&#8230;. FIND ONLY WAR&#8230;..\u00a0 I CANNOT STOP\u00a0 TO BREATH<br \/>THE AIR OF HARD WON FREEDOM, OR REST IN THE ARMS OF LOVE, SEEKING<br \/>COMFORT, NOURISHMENT, LIFE&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/><br \/>LET SHE WHO TRY&#8217;S TO LOVE ME, WALK BESIDE ME &#8230;.. WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME IN<br \/>THE NIGHT. FEEL THE HEAT OF BATTLE AND HOLD THE WAR TO YOUR BREAST&#8230;&#8230; IT<br \/>WILL SEAR AND BRAND YOU WITH THE STENCH OF WAR&#8230;<br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND YOU WILL WEEP WITH MY EYES<br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEBORAH MARY POEL<br \/><br \/><br \/>THIS IS FROM THE NIGHTS AND DAYS OF A WIFE THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHY I AM<br \/>UNABLE TO GO TO THE WALL AND WHY THE ONLY FRIENDS I HAVE EVER HAD OTHER THAN<br \/>HER ARE MY BROTHERS IN COMBAT, FUN, AND SOMETIMES\u00a0 THE NIGHT\u00a0 FROM THE 187TH<br \/>AHC TAY NINH VIET NAM 1969-1970<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems","category-tins"],"modified_by":"Webmaster","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}