8 years gone,
Alone I wonder how many more will come to pass.
In celibacy I remain in my love for you,
I've felt many cold stares,
In many faces.
I wonder my loving wife,
Will these years that age us
Bring tears of rage,
Our story continues from our first moment,
Our only moment when we wed.
In haste we parted I've worked provided,
Alone apart we remain
Separated by an ocean I once believed beautiful.
Now I stare over the waters and tears are all I can manage.
I hear strangers harken, you'll be together soon.
How strange our story is to them,
Those who know cry with us, those who don't have words of wisdom for us.
Our struggle continues from the moment I left, may 21 2007.
To this day we pray, struggle, to be together.
I pray our struggle ends in each others arms,
And how sad I feel I've made you wait this long.
I've heard the saying money is the root of all evil,
I cry and laugh, if only they knew money would bring me home.
Those stories we hear, the "oh how I missed you"
When they part for a week, a month, a year. Darling wife,
No one will know the pain 8 years brings.
I thank you, for the love we shared from such a distance, for the love we share in our family, our salvation may be closer, but we know not to count on it. And just be positive it's all we can do, aside from pray.