Vietnam

Stripped
from Vietnam
by a desperate
Mother,
wanting
to grant her
son freedom,
only to enter
a silent prison
within his own mind.

I view the mirrors within his soul
as if I can see my own reflection.

There is no vacancy
in a mental world,
coated with
a silencer
that hushes
the voices.

"Hush"
I whisper
as he smiles
out of desperation.