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