Fell in love with a dead soldier

Field of Poppies by Vincent Van Gogh

I pick him up from a group of young guys

He is skinny built

with a Paul Newman's smile

I would be afraid to be his gal

for sure he will go for a long sail

I imagine his strength and wish him well

There is an old World War II picture

Adorned the Memorial Day Concert

I pick him up from a group of young guys

He is skinny built

With a Paul Newman's smile

The ship sank

A dead soldier by now

I imagine he is alive

And fell in love with him still

Yiren 2013

I learned Charlie Haughey's "A Weather Walked In" exhibition from the CBS Sunday Morning.  He was a photographer who shot nearly 2,000 photos during the Vietnam War, now released for the first time in 45 years. In the interview, Charlie, a nearly 70-year-old retired carpenter in Michigan expresses his feeling toward his pictures. "I don't celebrate me, I don't celebrate art, I celebrate the guy in the picture." In a interview by NY Daily News (May 28), Haughey said of the photos. "For me, they're memories. Other people look at them historically."  Once upon a time, we were all young and fierce.  For the life interrupted, we remember.

You can read Charlie's story at: http://chieu-hoi.tumblr.com/ .