Fragile Flames

In remembrance of the children who perished on the C-5A plane crash of the 1975 Vietnam orphan Babylift.

By Sue-San King
 
In the great expanse of sky you soar
rising with the April heat.
Open your eyes little ones;
do you see?
below lies your country,
serene and vigilant
calling you to its embrace,
the primal cradle of your birth.
 
My brothers and sisters
I have not forgotten,
such fragile flames
extinguished
in mid-flight.
 
 
© Copyright 2001 Sue-San King