A Soldiers Love Letter

 

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(A lone voice sings. Can you hear them in your mind?)

Sometimes

In the middle of the night

I lie awake

Thinking of her

My beloved lover and me

As I drift into the grey clouds and wet mists of the Great In-Between

Is she lost in gentle dreams filled with love stories

Walking alone by the crashing Pacific blue sea  

Does she know

My love for her  

Travels like a best friend

By my side

Everywhere I go

A lone thought always lingers

Though

Whenever my heart says to ring her

  

Will she know how much she means to me

If I died  

And ended up in

Purgatory

So sometimes  

In the middle of the long night

I lie awake

Thinking of her

My lover and me

As I drift off into the Great In-Between  

Praying to meet her in gentle dreams

So we can walk arm in arm

By the crashing blue sea

So sometimes

In the middle of the night  

I lie awake

Thinking of her  

My beloved lover and me

As I drift into the grey clouds and wet mists of the Great In-Between  

Is she lost in gentle dreams filled with love stories

Walking alone by the crashing Pacific blue sea  

  

Does she know 

My love for her

Travels like a best friend  

By my side

Everywhere I go

A lone thought always lingers 

Though  

Whenever my heart says to ring her  

Will she know how much she means to me 

If I died

And ended up in 

Purgatory

So sometimes

In the middle of the long night  

I lie awake

Thinking of her  

My beloved lover and me

As I drift off into the Great In-Between  

  

Praying to meet her in a gentle dreams  

So we can walk arm in arm  

By the crashing blue sea  

(C)

Copyright John Duffy