Brothers....

You will go to The Wall soon....
I will be there only in spirit this time.

The Wall has a long reach....
longer than its length....
higher than its height....
The Wall can reach into your soul....
I know....

I had a guide when I went there....
He will be with you.

It's easy to think of your Brothers
named on that black granite slab....
as you knew them way back then....
It's only natural.

They aren't like that anymore....
but....
they ARE there....
58,000+ Spirits of our dead Brothers live there....
and in the whole universe - and beyond.

They are freed of the chains
of hurt and sorrow that bind us so.

I died once - fact, no posing....
I can tell you our Brothers hold no grudge....
I can tell you that our Brothers are at peace....
I know....
I was part way there.

You will feel anguish and sorrow....
rightly so....
It is sorrow for what is past....
Our Brothers feel it no more.

The peace that we all long for
is truly already theirs.

They wish the same for their Brothers
that they left behind - you and me....
Not the peace of death....
not yet....
but the peace of understanding.

We will be together sooner than we can imagine.
The Spirits at the Wall know this....
I figure they look forward to it....
but all in good time.

If we've been left behind,
it's because we still have a mission.
May the Spirits of your Brothers at the Wall
help you find your mission - your reason for being.

You/we lived - for luck or reason -
I think our Brothers know the reason.

I swear to you, my Brothers....
when you touch that Wall....
*Your* long lost Brothers....
will reach into your soul with healing.

Accept it - for you and for them....
It is all that they want of you.

It is all they want for you....

Michael S. Viehman
December 7th, 1995




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