A FLIGHT OUT IN THE MORNING, BUT HE NEVER TOLD ME

We met

We smiled hello

We danced

We laughed

We spoke of all

The unimportant things

While our hearts

Were filled with the dreams

We might share

We waved farewell

And smiled a promise tomorrow

One hour

One carelessly happy hour

Was gone

We had laughed and smiled

And waved good-bye

But that promise of tomorrow

Died in flames

Somewhere on a hill

In Viet Nam

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