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A SOLDIER'S WIFE : Love Poetry

written by Poet : wickedpoetess



MY SOLDIER

IT SEEMS LIKE A YEAR HAS              GONE BY SINCE YOU LEFT,

IT SEEMS LIKE A MINUTE YOU SPENT WITH ME SINCE YOUR RETURN.

AT TIMES THE DAYS SEEM SO LONLEY AND SILENT,

AND WITHOUT YOUR AFFECTIONATE VOICE, I FEEL SO HELPLESS AND INCESSANTLY TIRED.

 

 

SOMETIMES, I WOULD REMINSCE ABOUT OUR GOOD TIMES,

LIKE THE SILLY JOKES WE MADE OR SIMPLY THE TIMES WE CHERISHED ON OUR OWN.

I WOULD EVEN SMELL YOUR SHIRT OVER AND OVER,

JUST TO REMEMBER YOUR COMFORTING SCENT WHILE YOU’RE GONE.

 

BUT…

AT TIMES, GRIEF SEEMS SO STRONG AND FIERCE,

THAT I CAN’T BEAR TO HANDLE IT, ONLY WITH ENDLESS TEARS.

AT NIGHTS, I DREAM OF DREADFUL EVENTS THAT SEEM SO REAL,

THAT I PRAY NOT TO EVER HEAR FROM THE ARMY.

 

IT’S HARD BEING A SOLDIER’S WIFE,

BUT I TRY NOT TO GIVE UP FOR YOU’RE MY LIFE.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE DISTANCED FROM EACHOTHER SO VERY OFTEN,

THE LOVE FOR YOU, MY HUSBAND, THE SOLDIER, WILL ALWAYS BE A FLOWING FOUNTAIN.

 

 

 

 

 

WRITTEN BY:

FELISHA HOSEIN


Originally Posted On Site: 2008-06-30 15:28:23
Last Login: 02.13.10


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