My Love, My Wife

Please love me my wife, be by my side;

I feel the pain so real, I cannot hide.

At times you think I do not care,

I know it’s wrong, I know it’s not fair.

Hold me tight as I shed my tears,

I need to tell you of my innermost fears.

Please forgive me when I do wrong,

With you beside me I can be strong.

When the darkness comes and the rains fall,

My ghosts appear sounding their beckoning call.

When nightmares replace my pleasant dreams,

I wake up quickly to my own screams.

On nights I can’t sleep I sit and stare,

At you my love for whom I care.

As I fight the memories of that awful war,

I thank God I have you forever more.

Michael D. Monfrooe

1987

For those that loved us and stuck by us.