Dear Soldier

By SmuggledOranges

“Dear Soldier,

You’ve been gone for about,

Four years now.

Kiana is five years old,

She’s growing up way too fast.

You missed her first step,

Her first word.

It was “Daddy,”

In case you wanted to know.  

We miss you a lot,

Especially this time of year.

Its Christmas morning,

Kiana is home in bed, still sleeping.

I’m out in the snow,

I didn’t want to bring her today.

I brought her here last time,

She asked me, ‘Mommy,

Why are you crying? Daddy

He’ll be back soon. He won’t leave us.’

It’s cold now, I should get home.”

She put the letter down on the grave,

And whispered, “Merry Christmas,”

And walked back home in the snow,

Alone. 

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Copyright 2011 SmuggledOranges
Published on Monday, September 26, 2011.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"

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  • PoetessDarkly On Friday, December 7, 2012, PoetessDarkly (700)By person wrote:

    all right I got to stop that.... I am in tears the pour down my cheeks and make my computer hate me. I so love this poem I am definately favoring it. :)

  • A former member wrote: what a heart filled write, you got the prize from my reads today,... a tear, Cindy Lu '

  • sexxykiller14 On Monday, November 14, 2011, sexxykiller14 (38)By person wrote:

    wow. i understand what you are going through., it was my brother, not a lover. but my brother took care of me most of the time. my mom and dad wasn't around much.

  • Hands_Around_My_Throat On Tuesday, October 4, 2011, Hands_Around_My_Throat (67)By person wrote:

    Beautiful and reflective, I greatly enjoy the way you seem to put yourself into roles and write a story in your poetry. Nicely done.

  • dwells On Monday, September 26, 2011, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    no comment and bless you both.

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