Near At Heart

I count the hours, 
I count the days.
How much I miss you, 
I count the ways.

I miss your voice,
I miss your touch.
And I miss the face,
That I love so much.
How to describe it, 
There is now way.
I walk around,
In a permanent daze.

I long to feel,
Your warm embrace.
And to see a smile,
Upon your face.


I will not sleep,
Won't close one eye.
Until you're home, 
Safe and alive.

While you're overseas,
And I'm safe at home.
I think of you out there,
In danger and alone.
This is the life you've chosen,
And I can't change your mind.
You've found your inner bravery,
And now I must find mine.

I miss you so much, 
To the moon and the stars.
And this feeling will go on,
Until you're safe in my arms.

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