Letter to a Soldier

I ache for you tonight and yearn to see
Your face, to feel your gentle, loving touch.

I miss you, dearest darling, oh, so much.

I long to hear you laugh again with me,
For nowhere can I find a cause for glee.

I want to lean upon your strength, to clutch
You close, to use you as my faithful crutch.

I need you more than ever now, to be
My helper, but I will be brave for you,
My love, 'til you come running down the lane.

Then I will know this hateful war is o'er,
And skies of gray will once again turn blue.

We both shall know the end of battle's pain
And hold each other as we did before.


Copyright © 1995 Ruth Gillis
The Rooms of Poetry

Thank you Ruth!



When This Cruel War is Over
By Charles Carroll Sawyer

(Also known as "Weeping, Sad and Lonely," this popular song tugged so strongly
at the heartstrings of the common soldier, North and South, that officers
had to forbid its singing in camp.)

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States


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