My Brother 

If I have failed in any way

If I have ever to you failed to say

That I know your pain, I understand

What it's like to walk this barren land

Misunderstood,  a broken man

Forgive me please.

My Brother If I have let you down

If I seem to have forgotten laughter's sound

If when I see you I shed  a tear

May I never fail to  tell you...

It is a comfort to have you near

If I have failed to say I share the same fears

Forgive me please.

My Brother though I may never behold your face

Even though we trod upon hells own place

We are one in spirit, Brothers of war

We never knew what Vietnam had in store

But we survived the worst, We made it through

We are still victims me and you

And when we pause to count the bloody cost

 when our hearts remember the forever lost

Know dear Brother that We do not stand alone

for we stand with those upon the Granite stone

We stand in life and we'll stand in death

together We will stand among the very best

You and I

And for this I shall ask no forgiveness

Even if only now we are...

"Halfway Home"

Semper Fidelis

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