love is forever


I had an aunt who fell in love with a soldier
their home was an oasis in a restless time, and they had a child.
Her and his love were resolute nothing could separate them.
How wrong and naive they were, he was called to serve at
the Russian front, he pleaded with the officer to let him see
the war out with his beloved, but an order was an order.
My aunt never saw him again he disappeared in the churning
steppe machinery.
When peace came she suffered much abuse, people calling
her a **** to use a friendly word
she never married again was steadfast in her love for him
and cherished the time they had together.
Sometimes love fall where it falls there is no consideration
like confetti strewn in the air.
She had fallen in love with a German soldier and had to pay
a heavy toll-