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

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