A CASUALITY OF THE VEITNAM WAR [R.I.P. SIS]

THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT DIED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IS STILL UNKNOWN, BUT TO BE HONEST I THINK THERE WERE MORE DEATHS HERE THEN THERE, THE DEATH OF A WHOLE GENERATION OF PEOPLE. WHERE DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK OLD DOPE FIENDS CAME FROM MOST OF THEM STARTED OUT YOUNG. THE ONES IN THERE LATE 50'S EARLY 60'S WERE VICTIMS OF THE HEROIN THAT CAME HOME WITH THE VIETNAM VETERANS. UNFORTUNATELY MY SISTER WAS ONE OF THEM, BRIGHT SMART AND FULL OF POTENTIAL IN MY EYES AN ANGEL THAT FELL FROM GRACE SLOWLY AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF HER LIFE TRIED TO CLIMB BACK IN GRACE WITH GOD AND HER SELF.IN THE MID TO LATE 70'S HEROIN WAS PLENTIFUL AND CHEAP SCHOOL KIDS COULD GET A DOLLAR EGG AND STAY HIGH ALL DAMM DAY. A DOLLAR EGG WAS A TINY COMPRESSED BALL OF NARCOTICS THAT LOOK LIKE AN EGG. MY SISTER DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER AND THEN AGAIN I CAN NOT DEFEND HER SHE MAY HAVE AND JUST WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE WORLD OF AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER AND FATHER. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER IT STARTED SO SIMPLY AND JUST GOT OUT OF CONTROL. SHE WAS NEVER HOME BY THE TIME SHE WAS 16, MY MOM HAD LEFT MY FATHER AND SHE FELT UNLOVED OR THAT MAYBE THERE SEPARATION WAS HER FAULT, ELDER SIBLINGS TEND TO TAKE THAT ON THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY SEE MORE THEN THE YOUNGER ONES. I THINK EVEN IF SHE'D BEEN THE PERFECT CHILD OUR PARENTS WOULD HAVE LEFT EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAD DEMONS IN THERE CLOSETS AND NEITHER ONE KNEW HOW TO FIND HEALING EXCEPT IN A BOTTLE. NOW I AM NOT MAD AT THEM BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME LIFE, THEY WERE WHO THEY WERE MY PARENTS AND I AINT MAD AT THEM. TO BE CONTINUED