Why do you bring back feelings that have died?
Unpleasant feelings I want out of my mind!
Loved ones, friends, gone from me now, you
think talking will bring them back somehow?

Reminding me what I didn’t do to stop
the suicide of a boy so young; a man so distraught
by the absence of his wife; the young man taking his life,
not wanting be a burden to his children and wife?

No, I didn’t stop these things, they happened all too
fast.  But the guilt still rides around my head, one
I’ll never forget thanks to this wonderful class.

In the eyes of our Army so dear, they don’t realize
to some, this will only bring a tear.
Look for signs for persons not acting right.
You never know, you may save a life.

But I would like to thank the U.S. Army
for bringing back these wonderful memories.
They think their eyes are opened wide.
A pity they cannot see.

Mary E. Lacey
2010