The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall


My Heart Was Touched

Through tearing eyes, MY HEART WAS TOUCHED
A dying soldier, who cares so much.....
His flesh, badly torn, his heart so weak,
He's giving his life for his beliefs....

For the girl, he left behind, 
To kiss her lips, just one more time....
A lonely tear, runs down his cheek,
Her precious memory, forever he'll
keep....

He grasps my hand, as if to speak,
He can not talk, he is too weak....
MY HEART WAS TOUCHED,
for I knew, He's saying, "goodbye,
" he loved me too.....

My brother soldier, my friend, so true,
I swear, I'll forever, remember you....
For our country, he loved so much,
Through tearing eyes, MY HEART WAS TOUCHED....

Peter S. Griffin
Co.A, 2/502 Infantry
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam, 1965-66