Jessie Conner Poet Free verse

What Hurts the Most

What hurts the most is your not home
what hurts the most, is you left no note

you left without
saying goodbye
you've done it before
but it was worse this time

I wasn't around or
about that day,
I laid in the coast
of a near by bay

I laid face
down in the sand
not about to
take a stand

I understood that you had to go
your country needed you oh, oh
 but what hurts the most 
I wasn't home 
what hurts the most you 
had to go

dad come home
we miss you
the ranch 
the mountains
the incredible views

but you're fighting in a war
no combat can be igored

but what hurts the most is 
you're not home
what hurts the most is there's 
no phone
for when I want to say hello
or to say I feel yellow
what hurts the most is I didn't say goodbye
what hurts the most is
me thinking there won't
be a next time.

Based on a true event.

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Deb Wilson January 2, 2015 at 11:28 PM Hope your dad returns safe and sound..good writing Jessie...HUGS, Deb

Jan Allison January 2, 2015 at 7:20 PM oh such a heartbreaking story this must be so hard to deal with - hope and pray he returns safely and soon - beautifully penned a 7 from me:-) Hugs jan xx