[The following is one of many anonymous notes and letters found at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.]
We did what we could but it was not enough because I found you here. All of you are not just names on this wall, you are alive. Your blood’s on my hands, your screams in my ears, your eyes in my soul. I told you you’d be alright but I lied. Please forgive me. I see your face in my son. I can’t bear the thought. You told me about your wife, your kids, your girl, your mother. Then you died. I should have done more. Your pain is ours. Please, God. I’ll never forget your faces. I can’t, you’re still alive.
Source:
Palmer, Laura. Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Vintage Books, 1988. 107. Print.
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