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My war
He held me in his arms one night
And whispered in my ear
'There's hearts and souls that need me now,
I know you are safe here.
I don't know when I'm leaving
Or where I'm going to -
I'll call you when I get there,
Please remember I love you.'
It didn't seem too real to me
As he held me on that night,
Situations tend to change,
Surely he would not leave me to fight?
But then one day I woke up
And saw something in his eyes,
That told me that day had come
And it was time to say goodbye.
I felt so sick and empty
Not knowing what to do,
The day he left to fight that war
A part of me went too.
Returning to an empty house,
The smell of him still there,
Echoes of our last goodbyes
Still hanging in the air.
Following the news each day,
The war seemed so surreal
Until one day someone told me
'I know just how you feel.'
She told me not to feel alone,
There where others hurting too,
She said, 'Maybe it will help to talk
About what we are all going through.'
And as we talked we smiled,
And as we smiled we shared
So many of our hopes and fears
The reasons we were scared.
Knowing I was not alone
Did not make things alright,
But it helped because friends were there for me
Morning, noon and night.
Out of fear and sorrow,
Something else began,
The start of bonding friendships
That covered all the land.
I could never have imagined
That so many people cared
That the emotions I was feeling,
So many other people shared.
All of you in many ways
Have shared my lonely nights,
Have shared the pain that I felt
When my loved one went to fight.
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Created: 09/03/2004 Updated: 24/03/2004
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