The Letter

I don't run for you. I won't be afraid for you. I know if I fail then all the hope in us does. I wear this empty uniform for the weak for the lovers not fighters. I put hate into my heart for you. I know the things I do god would not like. Yet in a world full of demons a servant must rise. I walk to the gates of heaven and when god and the saints ask I will answer I did it for my family my love I did it for the ones who have faith in me. A true man faces his responsibilities. A true man cries when his loves leaves and is not afraid to show how he feels. I do all these things for you. Your my motivation. I'll be your flashlight in the dark if you promise to be my sword. My heart is filled with fear as I step into the land of the wicked. My knees are weak. Yet courage and honor keep me pushing forward. These virtues that the gods have instilled within me are stone. So are the reasons why I fight. My love you are My sun you rise My moon you sink. If I die before I kiss you one last time remember that here dies a man with a name bonded to yours. No one will know me without knowing you or the love I have for. Even if your paths may part know that I always wanted our paths to be along each other. Know that I'm only what I'm cause of you. I will not fear what I do not know. You have this human what it is to feel connected. I will step to god and say that your my reason why I protected the weak. Why I have carried the burdens of weak men. I died fighting for you to stay safe. With my dying breath I will say your name. If god is kind he will let me stay in heaven if not then a true Devil Dog I will become. I rather float down the river Styx knowing that my love and loved ones are safe then to sit in heaven as I watch my love burn. Let the world know that my love is only yours. If I shall die before I wake then let the last thought you have tonight be "He Loved Me" The world I can not promise but my life before yours I can. Do not leave me in my time of need. Do not let the distance become a factor in our demise. I have given up so much for your safety My freedom My Love My sense of reality. You are what I fight for. As the blood leaves my body and tears roll down this young man's face remember that I have shed more tears for you then anything else. Your worth my tears Your worth my words Your worth more then my very own death. I have signed my life into hell or peace for the nation. I have done it for you.

Yours Truly,
A Nameless Marine