I Hope He Comes Home Soon

Blaine has gone to war

He left yesterday morning

With a group of other men

I kiss him goodbye in our house

For I cannot kiss him in public

Like the other girls

Can kiss their husbands

Because as far as anyone knows

We are just friends

And that's all they will know

I worry

I worry a lot

I worry for him

I hope he comes home soon

It's been a month since Blaine left

For the great war

I can't do anything

But worry about him

I hope he comes home soon

More months pass

I don't write him a letter

In fear of no reply

He doesn't write me one either

I try not to think about why he doesn't

It makes me scared

I hope he comes home soon

I don't count days anymore

There's no point

It just makes me sad

And when I am sad

I curl up into the bed

Blaine used to share with me

And cry

I hope he comes home soon

It feels as though centuries have passed

When they announce that the soldiers are coming home

He is coming home soon

I stand at the waiting area

Where the soldiers are being dropped off

I wait for hours

And hours

He doesn't come

I go home and check the mail

The mail I've been too scared to check

There is a letter

I open it

It says the words I was always scared of hearing

I go inside my house

And lie on the bed

Blaine used to share with me

Before he died

I wish he would come home