Our mouths curved with dimples
As we stood at that solemn altar.
You have known me as shy
But my vows did not falter.
We star-gazed and honeymooned
In a Roman wilderness near the shore.
I knew I was your star-stealing girl
And I knew I was your raving whore.
But this elaborate plan is no more,
And what we had was so good,
When made love on the floor,
When we moved into this neighbourhood.
Then you went and left me here alone,
To scamper off to a jungle firefight.
I kept company with the china and stone,
Alone in every windy night.
I was lonely, my sweetheart,
I knew I said I would wait for you,
On the cliffs, on the beach,
Through storms and morning dew.
Another soul came along
And he saw to what you had been blind,
That when you left here to fight a war,
You left a bigger one behind.
K. Jared Hosein
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/longing-dear-john/
