He has been waiting for this
His whole life
Mekong river delta
Sticky prickly heat
Ice calm blood red water
Fiery orang sky
He's swimming out
Further and further
Thinking of all the men
Who die in wars
Thinking of the friends
That he's seen die
He can't reach bottom
He gasps for air
Curiously not out of breath
Marilyn Monroe reaches out her hand
She is singing Phil Collins
"In The Air Tonight"
She knows what he did
He can't reach her
She smiles
Continues to sing
He should wipe off that grin
She knows where he's been
It's all been a pack of lies
She stops to speak
But no words come out
He reaches out
She does not
The sunset takes over
The fiery, now red sky
Black shadows on blood red sea
A soft raspy voice says
"I'm here"
Then nothing
Silence
A ceiling
Reality