I wear a bracelet of a man I have never known...
I think about what he was like...what he did..and where he has gone.
I haven't seen his name etched in stone...and I don't
know what he was like..but I have a bond with him
and I can feel it when I sleep at night.

I wonder what he looked like...and what really happened.
All I know is the day he got there was the day he died.
He never had a wife or family..he never even got to come home
for Christmas Time.

I saw your name today..on a webpage for the Wall..
I got to know who you were and what was the down fall.
You died when you were only 19 and they day you got there too...
I know I can't help you...but I wish I could.

I sit here as tears stream down my 18 yr old face...and think to myself
that could have been my daddy that day.
Just know that I pray for you and I hope you are well....

Just know you have a daughter you never really had...who hopes that one
day...she can see her make-shift Dad.