A SOLDIER'S LOVE

 As I see you walk in the night

Under the moon shining so bright,

My soul seems to be aglow

Even though my shoulders be bowed low,

 

For a moment so brief

I am no longer a man content with his fief,

My heart burns with a desire

To be the one who holds you tighter,

 

For a short time I am granted a glimpse of Heaven's fire

Before it leaves me to once again face Hell's ire,

For a soldier is this unknown lover of thine

Fighting a war begun by deeds other than mine,

 

Every morn with comrades to the field I go

By even I return, leaving many in death's throe,

Each day I dance with death

Yet I am still filled with life's breath,

 

Many a man would curse my plate

But I consider most blessed my fate,

As I see you walk in the night

Under the moon shining so bright.