LETTER HOME
Dedicated to All of our Men and Women
in the Military and their families
I KNOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE
SINCE YOU LAST HEARD FROM ME.
BUT I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME
TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND WRITE.
BUT TONIGHT
I WAS THINKING OF YOU AND OF HOME,
AND
THIS WAS A WAY
OF SENDING A PART OF ME BACK THERE.
I KNOW THAT ON THE DAY THAT I LEFT YOU ,
I MIGHT HAVE SEEMED
LIKE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUSHING YOU AWAY.
BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT IT WAS EASIER TO SAY GOODBYE
IF ONLY I
COULD MAKE MYSELF
BE STRONG ON THE OUTSIDE
WHEN REALLY
I WAS CRYING ON THE INSIDE.
IT REALLY WASN'T BECAUSE
I WAS SCARED OF LEAVING
YOU AND HOME
TO FIGHT IN THIS WAR.
I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE
I WAS AFRAID,
THAT EITHER I WOULD NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN
OR
THAT MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T SEE ME.
BUT, I'M ALRIGHT.
REALLY I AM.
IF I KNOW YOU, I'M SURE THAT EACH DAY
YOU ARE SITTING BEFORE THE T.V. SET
AND
WATCHING ALL THE HELLISH SCENES
FROM WHERE I AM.
I KNOW YOU MIGHT THINK
THAT MAYBE IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH
YOU JUST MIGHT CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ME.
YOU LISTEN TO HEAR
IF THE LIST OF CASUALTIES EACH DAY
HAS MY NAME UPON IT.
I KNOW THAT YOU PROMISED ME
THAT YOU JUST WOULDN'T DO THOSE THINGS.
WHEN ALL THE TIME I KNEW, YOU WOULD.
I HAVE LOST FRIENDS HERE.
IT'S TRUE.
AND IT IS NEVER, NEVER EASY
TO SAY GOODBYE LIKE THIS.
IT'S NEVER EASY TO SAY GOODBYE AT ALL.
I REALIZED THAT
THE DAY I LEFT YOU.
BUT I CAME HERE OF MY OWN WILL.
BECAUSE IT IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
AND YOU SUPPORTED ME AND YOU BELIEVED IN ME.
AND FOR THAT , I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS HARDER FOR YOU
THEN IT IS FOR ME IN SOME WAYS.
AND IN A WAY
WE ARE BOTH FIGHTING OUR OWN TYPE OF WAR.
I THINK THE BATTLE INSIDE OF YOUR HEART
IS MUCH MORE PAINFUL THEN MY OWN.
WAR IS NEVER EASY.
NOT FOR US HERE FIGHTING.
AND CERTAINLY NOT
FOR THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND AT HOME.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT HERE
WE ACCEPT IT.
I NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALRIGHT.
I PRAY YOUR STAYING STRONG AND BELIEVING IN ME.
AND KNOWING, THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
I AM COMING HOME.
AND WHEN I GET THERE,
I WONT BE AFRAID TO CRY AND SHOW I CARE.
I LOVE YOU.
THINK OF ME OFTEN.
WRITE SOON.
BY: PAM GALLO
DREAMER
2006
