I'll Let You Into My Head

I Want To Join The Army

*Dedicated to my best friend who is determined to join the Army in a few years.*

"I need to tell you something.

I need to tell you today

I am going to join the Army.

It doesn't matter what you say."

***

I don't try to discourage,

I just tell you it's okay.

I know you'll stick with it,

You'll join the Army one day.

***

It's been many years

Since you told me your choice.

I miss you at home.

I miss hearing your voice.

***

You've been away,

For months at a time.

To see you, I'd do anything.

Many mountains, I'd climb.

***

One night I awake

To a knock on the door

I open it to find a soldier,

"What are you here for?"

***

"I am here to deliver

Some devastating news.

You're boyfriend has gone

Into an eternal snooze."

***

I fall to the ground.

Everything goes black.

All I can think of is you

With a large pack on your back.

***

The next thing I see

Is you in my bed

I hold you close to my body

As relief fills my head.

***

You wake up too,

And hug me very close.

You know I always have that dream.

It haunts me like a ghost.

***

In days you'll be deployed.

You'll leave me for a year.

The last thing you'll say is

"I love you very much, my dear."

***

You'll kiss my head

As you catch your flight at noon.

A tear drips down my cheek,

But I know you'll be back soon.

***

The year goes by slowly,

Quietly killing me inside.

But I know you're fighting strongly,

With good friends by your side.

***

I'm counting down the days.

20... 10... 3, 2, 1!

As we hug for the first time,

I whisper "You're finally done."

***

I never let you go.

You don't have to leave me again.

You will stay with me forever.

Until we are a hundred and ten.

***

Well, you joined the Army.

You did what you wanted to do.

You fought hard for your country.

The whole entire time, I loved you.