I remember

I remember the way you used looked at me,

I remember when we used to swing from the old oak tree,

Those were the days when life was free and easy,

But now whenever you walk through the door it makes me queasy,

Not knowing what will trigger you next

I wonder how our love has become so complex,

I remember when we used to drive to the middle of know where,

Letting the wind blow through our hair,

Things are different it appears,

Only things we share are angry words and tears,

I remember when we would go to the market,

We would walk in like nothing else in the world mattered, except for your leather jacket.

The only place you go now is to the bar, while I stay at home

I never used to feel so alone, I like to remember, so its doesn't seem like your really gone

I remember when we exchanged our vows,

But look at us now,

No more trips to exotic islands,

No more dancing in the Scottish highlands,

I remember when we headed for home, you would kiss me goodbye

I remember laying side by side and staring into the midnight sky

Now you come home smelling like expensive perfume,

Now all I do is assume, only letting my hate bloom,

I remember when you would whisper in my ear,

"You'll always be my love, my life, my soul and losing you is my only fear"

You're losing me now, and you do not even realize it,

I try to be strong, and to hold on to any feelings left, I don't want to quit,

But I can feel myself slip, from the love that once gripped us both,

I cannot persuade myself into believing everything will be normal again, I'm making no oath.

I remember when you used to love me

I remember the morning talks and midday walks,

Now you're coming towards me, face solemn

You wrap you arms around me, like the good old days

You sing to me "A million ways",

Just the way I remembered it.

A soldier's hope

A young boy of eighteen,

Is so proud to be leaving this fall,

Wearing his army greens, he stands tall.

Too soon it seemed he had to leave,

He did not believe,

He would see his family again,

Nor his girlfriend Elaine,

The sadness he felt, no one knew,

He was not one to show his feelings, no not Drew.

In his army tent he writes letters to his family,

Far off he can hear the dropping of bombs, angrily

He feels at loss of hope,

And wishes to go home,

He thought it would be heroic to go to war,

Maybe he should have thought about it more,

Too many injured soldiers he had seen,

Too many lives taken needlessly,

He walks among the crosses,

And thinks of all the families losses,

In the distance, on a leafless tree,

A bird of white, could it be?

The bird of hope, a dove sits so neatly

On a bough,

Its sings as soft as velvet, it eyes bear into his soul,

And he knows that he will not go,

He will fight the battles and help win the war,

And he will remember the day he realized what his life was for,

In place so full of war,

A soldier adds a page to his life story,

A soldier finds his hope.