Here’s a
news item out of Staten Island that just warms your heart
That we are
a charitable nation with men of compassion waiting to do their part
A Vietnam Vet
lost both legs in 1971 stepping on a land mine
Fighting
with the callous VA’s delaying line
A
replacement wheel chair should not be a big deal
Yet this Vet
endured two years of steady failing appeals
Lost in the
waiting list of the VA’s bureaucratic haze
Try a Vet’s
soul no wonder Vets are angry and seemed craze
Finally in a
Lowe’s store with his wheel chair on its last legs or wheels
It broke apart
devastating this Vet into depression he could not conceal
Three Lowe’s
employees came to his aid to repair
His only
reed to mobility—his now broken wheelchair
Past closing
time away from family, dinner and home
These three
worked to repair, acts of compassion to be shone
Not a penny
asked not a dime accepted in their minds an honor to step into the breach
To be of
service to those who sacrificed so much what a great lesson to teach
Lowe’s of
Staten Island you restore my faith in this nation’s men of good will
While a
noncaring VA makes me want to shiver in disgust, like gagging on a bitter pill
© July
17, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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