The Farewell Kiss Poem by Charles Hancock

It was well after midnight
Something didn't seem right
Recalling the farewell kiss
It was nice to reminisce

She was raised in the bible belt
So near the window she knelt
And gazed at the quarter moon
He had been gone since June

Closed her eyes and began to pray
For her soldier, half a world away
There, it was early afternoon
Wished he would call her soon

The baby is due in a few days
For this, she gave the Lord praise
He had picked a name for their boy
Before he got called to deploy

The medevac was coming in hot
To get her hero who had been shot
His buddies tried to stop the bleeding
As the world around him was receding