Some day… I’ll awake every morning to her, glowing.
She’ll be waiting in the kitchen
dancing with the aroma of hot coffee and toast.
Every night I’ll return home to her anticipating my arrival
with a longing kiss.
I’ll be her grizzled war veteran with scars of the body and mind.
She’ll be my adoring wife,
tending to wounds in the dead of night.
I’ll protect her,
provide for her
and live for her.
And she’ll soothe my mind for a lifetime
with the brittle tenderness only a woman can teach.

N.H.