A case for love.

a new writing of mine. before anyone asks NO this is NOT a real letter just something i wrote...

She was always beautiful. That
long brown hair and her
stunning brown eyes. I was so
very much in love with her,
but, i dont think she ever had
love for me like that. I had
hoped, even prayed that she
would. I would have given her
anything, everything to make
her happy, to keep her happy.
Maybe its selfish ambition
that i would say that, or
maybe just undying love. I
never really found out.

She cried when i left for this
godforbidden dust storm. I had
just a few short days to be at
home, before i would have to
ship out. She spent everyday
crying curled up against me.
She told me nothing was
allowed to happen to me but
honestly, i had this feeling
in the pit of my stomach that
made me feel like i wasnt
going to see this place again.
But i couldnt tell her that.

That final night, as i was
dressed in uniform to leave,
she threw her arms around me
and begged me not to go. I
cupped her face in my hands
and kissed her, and i told her
i would come home to her. I
meant it as love, but im not
sure what she thought of it.

101 days, in this place have
made me hate the heat. The
dust and patrols, the gunfire
and the lonliness. I feel so
far from her arms, even if she
wasnt in love with me, in her
arms i felt safe. I wonder if
she thinks of me, and wonder
if she'll ever return those
feelings of love that i have
for her. I stare up at the sky
and pray shes looking up too.

The feeling of despair hurts
me... i feel as if things are
getting worse, even tho things
have been fairly safe here.
Theres a patrol scheduled for
later today, and i fear that
its going to be my last.

Ive written this as a way to
plead for her love, that even
in death she might remember my
undying love for her, that no
matter where i am, or where i
go, im so very much in love
with her...

Whoever finds this, please,
make sure she knows that i
died for her, for her safety.

Corporal Benjamin Franks
United States Marine Corps
3rd Battalion 6th Marines
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

 

Too melodramatic for my

Too melodramatic for my tastes. You need to stop thinking so much gen-poo. You know "what" I am speaking of. You write of your own worry.

 

thanks i think


thanks i think