And here we are in present time
As I sit here and make a rhyme
I know that you are coming home
within a week or two

Nothing can get me down
nothing can steal my joy
as I play with our kids
and kiss our baby boy

The tune of life and color
have returned to me once more
no longer do my days drain together
life is no longer an awful bore

You will be in my arms
before the month is through
no memory is sweeter now
than the thought of being held by you.

We have been through the tunnels
we have traversed through the dark
we have cradled and ignited the spark
within our hearts

We have rekindled our love
from ashes and beyond
and now nothing mortal
could break that lasting bond

A father and a mother
a soon husband and a wife
that will build their kingdom together
and have a wonderful life

Please let me hold your hand
whenever you have one free
because you know this true
nothing else frees me

Well that was quick, a phone call
after you left for training
I'm coming home baby doll
I quit.

No... What? That is not like you
is this really the man I love?
What did they do?

You called back a few days later
your voice was very low
You told me things that others can not know

All that mattered was that
you are coming home to me
and that our life will start
with us together happily.

I knew you always wanted to go
It was your dream I know,
But we just started this life
Of forever being together

The Army... They finally can take you in
To deprive you of this dream,
would be my most regretted sin...

I will stand beside you,
and raise the flag too.
I will be an army wife
and this can be our life...

You claimed my children as your own
so no one could say a thing
you didn't care who would condone
the life that this would bring

You wanted it to be our family
now and forever
and I knew that we could do it
because we're better together.

You took my name and cleansed it
of when it had been defiled
because the facts fell into place
they settled those that were riled.

Your mother and the others
apologized to me
I forgave them on the spot
and that set me free

You, my mother and I
started looking for a home
we found one that was nearby

So we packed up all our things
back into the big truck
and then you presented me
with our wedding rings.

I called you at 2 am
GET HERE NOW
The baby is coming
What!? Where?! When?! How
Baby, South Carolina, NOW... just get here

You got to the hospital with time to spare
and the only thing we could do was stare.
You gave me a kiss
and you held my hand...
my fear crept in and  I asked you to stand

My mother left the room
and you took the place beside me
I had our son that night
and you were there to guide me

You patted the sweat from my face
and after he was born
our future fell into place.

Come back with me you whispered
How can I, I replied,
You said I don't know and sighed

I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
lets get carried away
and lets just move

We can get our own home
No more need to roam
lets settle down
in a small town...

When I said I love you..
And You walked away
I had nothing left to say


I can't tell you how much I cried
I felt as though I should have died
I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat
its a wonder that I survived.

I kept my head high
and I started work so I wouldn't cry

Then one day I got a call
and I had to sit down so I didn't fall

You were sitting right down the street!?

I ushered you in, I didn't want a fight
I had been up all night.
I told you how this wasn't right.

You begged with me and pleaded
and you sang that first song again
I wished then you had just shot me
I wished that you would just set me free.

I told you that it was time to go
and your eyes lost all their glow
The way mine did when your love didn't show
when you showed me someone I didn't know

So you left and we both were miserable
in agony, turmoil and pain.
we both felt a little insane.

So here we are again, I was right
when I was hesitant from the fight
When they whisper doubt into your mind
It breaks the ties that bind

They removed me from your heart
and they tore our love apart
We took the stupid test,
and it came back with no results.
can we please give this a rest

I really was done.
and I would really live for the kids and me.
When I went back to S.C.
I was ready to turn my life around

Is it even yours?! That is what she asked you?
But its all okay, right, you told her what was true...

You told them the due date... Yeah it can't be right
Because we only had a select few nights...
But you can't loose your sight...

Look at me... You know who I am
and who cares what they say, I don't give a ****
We both know that this child is ours
so stop listening before this sours.


You want the kids and I to move in with Nan, and You?
I can tell you the truth I don't really want to.
Because I can see what this will do..
But oh well, lets go they will soon know whats true.

I came home and started to wonder
what was different in the mirror
and as I stared I started to ponder.
Then it HIT me like a meteor

I'm Pregnant, I told my mom
She didn't look surprised
But knew that I had dropped a bomb

Mom told him that we got a pregnancy test
and he asked her if she was pregnant
then he turned to me with a stifled scream
How could you do this to yourself?

I called you, to see what to do
and you were overjoyed.

But the next time we spoke
it seemed something broke
and your words came out choked

I was working job after job
just trying to stop missing you
I didn't know what I would do...
if I thought of you once more.

An opportunity for friendship
would pass me by
and no one could understand why
I didn't want a cheap replacement
for the best thing I could have.

I worked 12 hours at a time
sleeping less and saying "I'm fine'
I thought I could survive without sleep
If I could I wouldn't dream


I dreamt of you when I closed my eyes
Only You, to no surprise
And when I woke my chest was tight
While you were gone, my dear

We pulled into the drive way
of our new room mates address
and where we thought a house would stand
was no more than a trailer and sand
I was so upset, I was so embarrassed
There wasn't even electricity
And it is my two babies my mother and me
and this man I barely know?
Where did I go?!

I was in a grueling agony
and missed you terribly

We turned on the lights
and got the place running
it took all that we had
and then we turn around
to be told what we did was bad...

I was so aggravated,
I was screaming day and night
I was looking to stop the pain with a fight
but I would cry when I turned out the light

Our time was up
The phase was over
I climbed in the truck
With our stuff packed up
Headed for South Carolina
2 Hours isn't that far away
we can talk on the phone every day
But we both know it will not be the same
I gave you my picture in a frame
Keep it I said, I will love you forever
One day we will be together.

We became entwined
as we danced our dance
into the drifting future

I closed my eyes and inhaled the love
that God sent me from above.

This perfect creature that you gave to me
that unshackled my wings, and set me free

When I am lost
You find me

When I am scared
You're behind me

When I am wild
You bind me

But you ALWAYS, set me free.


My son was born that year
and you were there my dear
you took me to the hospital
and your love took away my fear.

At the mall you saw me
the way that I could be
You watched me dance in the rain
and watched it set me free.

We stayed up until dawn again
Just to play video games til 5 am
We beat the entire game together
then fell to sleep in the den.

We slept on the couch that night,
in the morning you woke with a fright
if Nan had walked down to see us there
we would be up for a fight

So you said why not back up
to where we should have began
Lets start over, start as friends
I almost turned tail and ran

My hands got all sweaty
My heart pounded in my chest
You looked me in the eye
and said it is for the best

Then your serious stature
turned jovial and made me weak
You wrapped your arms around me
and placed a kiss upon my cheek..

I could never, JUST be your friend
I have to walk beside you
until the world comes to an end.

You were the only one I talked to
You were my only friend
I started to get scared
that it would one day end,
and as you got busy
I started to look around
to find a friend
I put my ear to the ground

I met a few ladies,
who beyond a shadow of a doubt
Would only, Spread drama all about

And Guy friends are never going to be
Because it seems each one I meet
Just will fall in love with me

Our parental figures did not approve
the choices that we made
and it had us both afraid
As time went on,
as time often does
They had to like the other, Because

PHONE FOR YOU!!
Was the common phrase
that started each of our days
We would call each other
and talk for hours
about everything, from love, to super powers...

The time passed so fast
that it seems to meld together
just like our lives have
we will stay this way forever.

After I had fallen completely in love
I thanked God for this gift from above
I didn't see the shackles you carried then
It was my biggest mistake, but I'd make it again.

You had to make sure that it was done
I was CRUSHED, when you said she was the one
I cried, part of me died, I was destroyed inside
But then, Recognition of the beauty in the broken heart
Lifted me up, and I could look at my reflection..
It was a brand new start.

I grew so much in that short time
I learned that standing up for myself wasn't a crime
and I showed you the kindness with tears in my eyes
and your eyes only asked the question, Why.

The next few weeks you seemed to live in my home
Learning our way of life, where we struggle and roam
And in that time we all were growing
Tony inside me I was already showing
and I became accustom to your hand in mine
and to the smile that left all of my fears behind
that day in the woods when I lost my head
you found my sanity, if not for you I might be dead
You kissed my lips and brought me clarity, lucidity
You set me free.

Our passion was matched by only our words
That night we sat on the swing, as to be unheard
We sat and we talked and we smoked and joked
and as we continued on through the night
it seemed that each conversation took its own flight
as our train of thought soon derailed
our conversation trailed and trailed
Our eyes would meet, briefly and then
we would blush and start rambling again
You listened to me, as I laughed and cried
I couldn't resist you no matter how hard I tried
we sat closer and closer and closer until
my lips brushed yours, and now forever will.

Then Jacob had his heat stroke
All I could think was to call you
Our air conditioner broke
You picked us both up, and to Nans we flew
We spent the day gathering time
collecting moments never lost
My heart wrote a song, you gave it rhyme
I wanted to be with you, no matter the cost

We talked a lot that night
the more we talked the more I yearned
my heart took flight
with the more I learned
And then you sang to me
I still recall the melody

The others would not let us be
you wanted a conversation unheard
Do you speak German, or Japanese you asked
I replied sadly, I don't even know a single word
What a shame... and the moment passed
We stared at each other and sighed.

My breath is taken away when I hear these amazing things
About this man I have never met
The more I hear the more intrigued I get
Black hair, brown eyes, Italian you say!
Bring him over, on moving day.

So you sped in the lot
burning rubber from your tires
electricity flowed through all my wires
later that night you saw my tears flow
you were ready to protect me, from what, you didn't know

I had just said goodbye to a boy
Who played with my love like I were his toy
Then when you looked at me
I knew I piqued your curiosity
I felt like a woman when our eyes would meet
I adore you already....

There you were asleep in the bed
and I pondered over the things you had said
as the tears stung the words from my lips
Inside, my heart rips..

Why are you here, I ask with moist eyes
Not that you're unwelcome, its a pleasant surprise
The sarcasm was thick but the words were true
I stared at the floor I couldn't look at you

"It seems I was guided here" you spoke so low
"It seems that my heart will always know
That it loves you and needs you near
I am never going to leave you here."

My heart sang and we fell together
And I knew this time it would be forever.