I love my marine

13 weeks you were gone
back for 10 short days
you had to leave again
which makes me really sad

i may not know
just how much this
hurts you as well
however, i do know

all the pain i feel
every single time
i have to see you
walk away and leave

one moment your here
the next your gone
no control over what
does happen for so long

i try my very best
to be as strong
as i know i should be
but tears keep coming down as i speak

make-up now smeared
eyes feeling dry
tear stained shirt
oh how much this does hurt

i don't know what
i would simply do
if you had not
walked into my life

in the time we've spent together
i have learned to trust in you
so many things you given
before i even asked you too

the distance between us
but all this love
we both still have
keeps us together

once again i must
hold it all together
get use to you
always being gone

you may not even
realize why i hold
on so tight wishing
every single moment

i could have you once more
in my sight
i love you too much
I'm not letting go

people can think
I'm crazy but
if they could only
see what i see

if i could have 1 more day
i promise I'd make you see
that i can't go on in this world
without you here beside me

just to hear your voice
makes me smile
just to know that your okay
makes me stronger each and everyday

I'll be missing your smile
that sweet gentle touch
our hands locked together
lying in your arms

but so I've heard
that loving you will
be a high price
to pay

as to loving a marine
is the hardest thing to do
its being alone
with nothing to hold

its being young
but feeling old
it's sending a letter
with the stamp upside down

to a far away love
in a far away town
weeks will be like months
and months like years

and I'll have to wait
for the day I'll have
no more fears

I'll love you
and miss you
and hold
my head up high

no matter what
may happen over
this period of time
I'll be thinking of you

because babe
trust me, I'll
always be here
loving you.