Letting Him Go

I said I'd be brave,
and told him to go,
I said I'd be fine,
and told him, to get
on that ship,
He said "are you ok?
I said i would miss him,
and he better come back,
He told me he would
and he would think of me often
I smiled and hugged him,
and said you better hurry.
I watched him sail away,
with tears in my eyes,
I prayed to god,
and told him,
to bring back
my marine!