Prisoner of War

All around me,
All I see,
People are dying.
Don't do this to me.
The sound of a gun,
Is a sound, Unmistaking.
Nobody needs it,
Our lives it's over taking.
My child was taken,
I weep with that no more.
For now I weep in fear,
There is someone at my door.
I dare not open it,
I fear they will take me next.
All this world has turned against me.
Put a bullet through my chest.
Please don't do this to me.

Author's Note

No event in American history is more
misunderstood than the Vietnam War.
It was misreported then,
and it is misremembered now.
- Quote by Richard Nixon