Tour of Duty

In honor of Remembrance Day and those that serve. Tour of Duty© I awaken from a fitful sleep One where slumber was not very deep The night before after counting many a sheep My eyes closed and they did meet A dream was had that made me sneep You and I were there in a jeep As I mentioned another tour you said nary a peep But in your eyes I capture “what the bleep” We both know the long stay at an outkeep The enemy would be nearby and they are prone to creep The sacrifice again would require a big leap Is this a mistake or am I being wheep Once again into our love my duty does seep For a promise I knew I could not keep Is the price for going to war really this cheap The returns not guaranteed and the climb out steep Or maybe we need to stop and make a clean sweep And throw our relationship onto the scrapheap Hearing those words make us both weep For a promise I knew I could not keep Andreas Simic©