A Candy Vietnam Village

A day in the war

Kids sparkle like morning dew,

Eyes grew bigger in a fairy tale balloon,

The war stayed silent as we lived that day

Troops searched their pockets for morsels of favor

The kids surrounded the giver of gifts

Candy in hand 

Candy in the air

Candy surrounding the war's silent air

I couldn't be happier with kids a strew

We had won the war if only for a few.

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Chris! I wonder what happened to those kids?

[Alfred Kukitz]

I hated that we lost but isn't wasn't our fault. Damn! All that suffering!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

there are reasons to rejoice among the chaos...this is one of them...and very well penned.