I love you

I love you Dear one I write you tonight From a faraway land to say I love you And I miss you more than words can say Somewhere in the darkness I hear guns being fired And I know someone is dying alone In a muddy field I wonder if tomorrow Will be my day to die Late at night when I can’t sleep I dream of home Mother’s garden and your angel smile My father waits to play checkers And I can smell the turkey cooking in the kitchen Darling, I want to be home With those who love me Not in a strange land Filled with ghosts These words are all I can give you Please try to understand them Promise me that if I am lost In this war I never wanted to fight You will find me I want to lie beneath our lilac tree Hear the birds singing Feel the breeze whisper in the grass I love you