A Whisper Poem by nikki hays

A whisper on the wind brings me your name
As i lay down beside you we are both now the same
Did you wonder my sweet love what complexities lay
In your accepting that call that you answered

I ran my gnarled fingers through your hair tonight
Twisted old bones that have seen so many fights
I lay awake wondering every night
when will you come home to me

Its been 50 years now my darling sweet love
Since i took your name and we became one
Our first kiss we both thought would never be undone
Then you sailed away to the war

So many dirt smudged letters were sent
Dog ears on the edges your haste had bent
A droplet of water a teardropp or rain wet
I have them now still to this day

Two uniform clad steel cast soldiers had come
Two uncaring hands on our doorbell they rung
As they handed me papers i screamed at the sun
Dont take him away no not now

I lay in our bed every night for so long
Wondering where in our lives we went wrong
MIA on the paper like some sick sad song
But i still felt youd still make it home

40 years later i still cry sometimes
I think to myself its a simple straight line
He will come back and we'll pick up our lives
But our children my love have moved on

Our little tommy and baby georgette
Now have children and they have grown, yes
Oh the suffering you must of endured way back then
In my mind i was right there with you

Ill turn out the light and roll over to sleep
And ill pray to the lord my soul now to keep
And ill ask him to bring me to you, bring me peace
Ill give in and ill move on to you