Ronald J. Murray

VIETNAM VET WIFE

I know it wasn’t easy for you,
waiting during the war.
Praying every night and day,
they won’t knock on your door.

They always send a soldier,
with a chaplain at his side.
They come to say we are missing, or hurt
or maybe, that we have died.

I know how hard it’s been on you;
sometimes you still do it alone.
So thank you for your patience,
and for making us a home.

But we can never thank you enough,
for standing by our side;
acting so brave for the children,
while at night alone you cried.

Any woman can get married;
the special one becomes a wife.
She’ll be with you through thick and thin,
until the end of life.

God bless all you ladies,
you held us while we cried.
You’ve been with us since Vietnam,
back when we all had pride.

There were quite a lot of you,
when the war was at its peak,
but like many of our countrymen,
some of you grew weak.

I do not condemn then,
because they weren’t strong,
but some of you stood by us,
you understood the wrong.

Being a Vietnam Vet for some,
has been a lonely life,
except for those lucky enough,
to have a Vietnam Vet wife.