Welcome to the jungle,
You've arrived, .watch out for its wrath,
It lives on our dead, broken bodies,
Reeks of blood and death.
This valley is quite beautiful,
It hides under cloudless skies,
Takes its toll of fighting men,
Doesn't choose who lives..who dies!
No villages on its landscape,
Fighting, while explosions sound.
Rifle shots, mortar rounds,
Soldiers dying,
Soldiers killing,
Some bodies never found.
The stench of death is the valleys' perfume,
Our blood feeds the growing palms,
This is where we fought and died,
A place of courage,
Where we fought with pride.
There is where,
We left a little sign
A place to fear... no where to hide,
Deep, dark thoughts,
Attack our mind.
Written it holds the valleys' psalm,
Welcome to the A-Shau Valley,
Republic of Viet-Nam.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I just came upon this poem today, Wonderful poem by a Hero of our Land! ! ! I have added it to My Poem List, and rate it well above a 10! ! ! Philip, thank you for your service. Hank