We were so young and so much in love,
Who could have known
how it would turn out?
Only the Man above.

That silly old truck
we had to push to start.
Sweet memories are here
Stuck deep in my heart.

My mom used to flick
the yard light off and on,
as we struggled to put
all our clothes back on.

That last year of high school,
we both knew what we wanted.
The dreams that we had.
My mind is still haunted.

He signed up for the service
and I acted so proud.
But deep down inside
my heart screamed aloud.

And so I waved goodbye
and smiled through my tears,
thinking he'd be gone
only two short years.

His parents and I drove
down to the fort.
the visit I thought
was entirely too short.

His friends were so jealous
they hooted and said,
"How'd you get a babe like that?"
I turned ten shades of red.

That night in the motel
we laid on the bed
and clung to each other.
No words needed said.

His hard soldiers body
was pressed close to me.
Our hearts ached for more.
It was so heavenly.

But his parents were there.
Right in the next room.
So we had to wait.
Oh, Please! Make it soon.

As we three drove home,
our thoughts how they flew.
A Christmas wedding.
We had so much to do.

And then one day
I got the dread call.
"Being shipped overseas."
To guard some damn wall.

My heart, it was broken.
I wanted him home.
But he was a soldier
and destined to roam.

He wrote sometime later
and said he had found
a sweet german girl
and was settling down.

So I picked my heart up
and set out to find,
the passion I'd lost
but my eyes were so blind.

From the tears that I cried.
What was lost was lost.
Passion was gone.
My heart was the cost.

A comfortable love
is what that I found.
So we bought a small house
and we settled down.

We both really tried,
we did from the start.
But with passion not there,
we soon grew apart.

Then along came a man
and I thought I could find,
the love that I'd lost.
But love is so blind.

He was a real rogue.
A liar. A cheater.
I was soon to find out,
also a wifebeater.

He threatened to kill me
and all that I love.
So I stayed with him
and prayed to God up above.

Please take him or me
I could live no longer
with this horrible man.
This nasty whoremonger.

And so 'fore I killed him
I decided to leave
and planned my escape
for that New Years Eve.

As I sat there wishing
for his untimely death,
my Saviour was born.
My Sweet Sarah Beth.

I was black and blue
when I walked out of his house.
But I was finally free
of the game "Cat and Mouse"

So I picked up my heart
once more from the dirt.
And vowed that my soul
would nevermore hurt.

I started my life over again
but not alone.
For my family was there.
I was finally home.

My Lord was there too.
His arms open wide.
And I ran to be with Him
and cling to His side.

Now dreams of my soldier,
they seem very real
and I wish that he knew
the things that I feel.

I sit here and think
if he had come home,
and found me there waiting,
would I now be alone?

Though the years
I have wondered if
we would have made it.
Me an Army wife?
I think I would hate it.

For he was a soldier
and destined to fight.
and I wanted a love
to come home every night.

My passion still burns
for the love of my life
here I am single
and he has a wife.

01/24/2009