My Soldier

The man I knew was kind and caring
Always tending to my every need.
The man I knew kissed the floor that I walked on
And was marriage material.
The man I knew was the man I fell in love with.
The man I knew doesn’t exist anymore.
The man I knew went to war after 9/11
And came back a stranger.
The man before me yells, and fights
And doesn’t care about my needs.
This man would crumble the floor I walk on just to see me fall.
This man is not just any man.
He carries the face of the man I once loved
But the attitude of a stranger.
I fight for us, and want you to remember all the great times we had,
But I know that all you think about it is what you saw over there.
The pain you had to endure for this country,
And now the pain I endure to get back the one I love.
I wish and hope the man I knew will come back
But he had my heart and left it in Iraq.