越战纪念碑

一截大理石墙
二十六个字母
便把这麽多年青的名字
嵌入历史

万人冢中
一个踽踽独行的老妪
终於找到了
她的爱子
此刻她正紧闭双眼
用颤悠悠的手指
沿着他冰冷的额头
找那致命的伤口


VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL



A block of marble

and twenty six letters of the alphabet

etch so many young names

onto history

Wandering alone

amid the mass grave

an old woman has at last found

her only child

and with her eyes tightly shut

her trembling fingers now feel

for the mortal wound

on his ice-cold forehead