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Dear Soldier
A fluke encounter
Letter after letter
Turning me inside out
Each new exchange
Giving me
A new perspective on life
All the sacrifices
You have made
All the heartache and pain
You have seen
Making me ashamed
How easily I have it
Blissfully ignorant
Content and free of restraints
Unlike the chains you wear
Each and every day
As you support
What you believe in
Fighting for freedom
Which I often take for granted
Sitting here
On my cushy thrown
While you chew on dirt
And work to the bone
One moment is all it took
A simple hello
Was the start to our correspondence
Some companionship for you
An education for me
A reminder of how lucky I am
While you feel the emptiness
Inside my heart
I’m so grateful for this man
Brave and strong
Kind and full of heart
He lives his life
With others in mind
He is someone who took a stand
Showing me
The power of one set of hands
A regular man
Funny and smart
Just looking for someone to love
Little does he know
How important he has become
To this girl
Who wrote
Never expecting to find
Such a wonderful guy online
Dear soldier is how it began
A lifelong friend is how it ends
One letter changing everything
Making amends
Two people meeting
Without a plan
Linked together
Without even having met
Fate taken out of their hands
As their futures were written
That very first chat
A girl
Sweet, caring, and kind
Just looking for the one
To love and call her own
And
A guy
Strong, brave, and loving
Just looking for a place
To put down some roots
Make a home
Finding someone to love
And building a family
Two strangers coming together
A perfect match
Their story sure to inspire
The generations to follow
(2014)
