A CHRISTMAS LETTER

I got a letter in the mail today
I read it while many tears I shed
sad and alone this Christmas day
And this is what the letter said

I'm sorry dear. I can't be there
To hug and kiss you Christmas day
Sometimes it seems just so unfair,
That I should be so far away.

But I am safe so don’t you cry
One day I will come back home to you
So please be strong; wont you try?
Love for each other will carry us through.

While I am here in this faraway place
It is so hard to have Christmas cheer
For how I long for your embrace
For it gets lonely over here.

When I return, we'll go away
Up in the mountains, just me and you.
How much I wish it were today;
For I love you dear, you know it's true

Soon I'll come home, you will see;
Then we can leave this war behind
And go somewhere, just you and me
For you are all that's on my mind.

I love you dear, I must go,
For I hear the sergeant, calling me.
I just wrote to let you know
Things will be fine, you will see.

I put down the letter and I cried
I just couldn’t stand to read any more.
For yesterday I wanted to hide
As I saw them coming to my door

On Christmas Eve he lost his life
With deepest regrets I heard them say
They broke the heart of a lonely wife
My soldier is headed home today