With every new day

There comes news

Of another unit preparing

To deploy to a far away land.

With every newscast,

And every plane leaving,

Another of our friends

Dons his uniform and bids his family good-bye.

I fight back the tears.

Feel the tugging at my heart,

For with every day

Your departure draws nearer.

I know I’m strong,

I can hold down the fort….

But who’ll hold me

When the lonely tears fall?

Duty may take you far away,

But in my heart you’ll forever stay.

And between now and then,

I’ll treasure every little moment,

I have with my soldier.