I’ll Be Back

Yes, I left on that jet plane

Though leaving you behind drove me insane.

When I tenderly kissed you goodby

I tried not to let you see me cry.

Your salty trickle I wiped softly away

I love you..I’ll be back.. All I could say.

Heart heavy, I caressed your silken cheek

Boarded the plane and headed to my seat…

As the engine revved and the jet taxied away

I peered from the window with nothing to say…

Seeking for but one last glimpse

Through crying skies misting drips.

Daily now I shoulder my arms

Knowing my duty keeps you safe from harm.

Though time and space, vast, lie between

I live for the day when again your face be seen..

Meanwhile my duty I shall perform best I can

As an American soldier here in the sand.

While I am gone count not the days

Instead each morning seek the sun’s rays

Each night look above at the lover’s moon

Knowing I shall be there soon.

Together once more we’ll stroll in moon’s light

When once is done this solder’s fight.

Nothing will keep this soldier from your side

Unless it be for my country I died

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