Dear Wife

No my darling have no fear, I'll see you by and by, I trust in my

commander and my brothers in arms, the chaplain reassures us, that god

is on our side, and I will write to you every day, I will keep you

informed. Dear wife-I can feel your arms about my neck, life like-the

image of you crying at the gate. Dear wife-your photo is a sheild over

my heart. My life-depends upon the memory of your face. We landed on the

shore today, no enemy in sight, we are strong and confident that our

training is complete, we set up camp and cleaned our guns and sang away

the night, and yours by far the loveliest of all the pictures seen. I

can barely write today now things have gone awry, a man who was a friend

to me is dead and many more, I had to do a dreadful thing to make it

back alive, why am I the only one to send back into war? So tell me dear

the color of your eyes, I cannot remember the glimmer of your hair, you

were a guiding light emblazoned on my mind, but death has led me far

away and I don't seem to care. Dear god I am betrayed today, my brothers

are insane, our leaders have abandoned us and turned us loose to kill,

they behave like animals and I behave the same, why should I try to

survive when I don't have the will? Dear wife the tempo of my death is

beating down, why hide? Relief awaits me I cannot escape, dear wife-your

photo is a dead thing to me now, my life-is wasted like the memory of

your face.