As I prayed to be reunited with you to say I care,

The stars lit up the night to make me fully aware,

The cold cold wind seemed to warm just a touch,

It’s the warmth of love for the one I love so much,

Her eyes of hazel green are circled in heaven’s blue,

Lips of sweet red weaken me so every word is true,

A month ago I held her picture near to me and prayed,

I’ve aged ten years and my black hair has grayed,

If how I feel is how I’m gonna be forever more I’m sad,

Lately every day is worse than the worse day I’ve had,

After all I’ve been through somehow my love is still within,

A sweet kiss goodbye pushed true love’s merge to begin,

I am what’s left from wars annihilation of my youth,

I actually survived beyond man’s end to tell the truth,

A photograph now tattered and worn knows too much,

The pain my heart has endured longing for her touch,

Just a soft touch from her fingertips is to say I love you,

For I and I alone can read her every motion and sway too,

She came to me as I slept at life’s end ready to pass on,

For she reads me too as no other could or I’d be gone,

To stand in the summer sunshine with her will elevate me,

Into what’s known as the beyond for its more than we see,

She and I know it’s that place where true love can dwell,

Not all can answer the call as true love, but it is how I fell,

Long ago I gave my heart to her as I had no need to roam,

She I will seek out for unknown she has delivered me home,

These hospital grounds do hold pain and keep death at bay,

But this treasure of tattered photo and I will go home today.

The end. By Pat for Patti Oct 10, 1969