Yusef Komunyakaa : Facing It
There are two realities in the poem. We start off standing before the Vietnam Memorial and the speaker tries to resist the emotions that are tied to the war of which the wall is reminding him off. He finally succumbs and becomes a part of the memorial. He reflects on the traumatic past reflecting on Andrew Johnson and how he perished in the war. The woman's blouse now bleeds into his flashback as the white flash and the letters shimmering. He then see's a veteran who was missing his arm and gazes upon him, seeing the after affects of the war. The last image is of a lady brushing her child's hair whose reflection looks like she is erasing the names. This bleeds the two realities together.
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