A Letter from My Love
#1 of War Poems
People often forget that soldiers are not the only casualties in war~
"A Letter from My Love"
~~Wayne Magill~~
I had a darling I loved so dearly
He was brave and strong and left nothing in a shroud,
But when his letter came, he went so cheerily
And he told me, "I shall make my country proud!"
On the day of his going
He kissed my cheek and waved,
And with pride and pleasure showing
Left for the honor he craved.
For one long year apart
He wrote both day and night,
But in one letter he poured me his heart
And left me all a-fright.
He talked of gore and guts and blood
And how his fate was sealed,
He spoke of how the bodies flood
Every medic that they wheeled.
He told me all these horrid things
And that he'd never make it through,
He said somewhere a sparrow sings
Of my limitless love for you.
He admitted all his foolishness
And confessed of all his fear,
"Nothing here will ever progress."
"I love you, dear."
On and on, his letter went
For three whole pages long,
And all the things he aimed to vent
Were in his dying song.
Soon enough the end was reached
And I was all in tears,
All the lessons that it teached
Had confirmed me of my fears.
I walked myself to his abode
Through the midday sun,
And I opened the dresser as it forbode
I finally found his gun.
As my last farewell I had bade
I pressed the metal to my head,
I told myself I shouldn't have stayed
But now my heart was dead.
In one last faint breath
I knew my life had gone,
But even in the wakes of death
Our love shall live on.