If you go away on a Summer day..

If you go away on a Summer day…

Dear Julie told me on a warm August day.

I am here waiting in Michigan for you.

A Michigan gal is waiting for you.

You love your wars, you love to travel and

do you love me? If you go away, will you remember me?

I told her as we danced by the river,

you are my first memory and you are my last thought.

I love you so.

Her coffee eyes dug into my eyes and she asked me.

If you love me, please don’t die. War can steal the best from us.

I told her. The good die young. I will live forever.

She kissed me once and she kissed me a hundred times.

She whispered. You are sweet and kind Johnnie.

You made me feel beautiful, you made me feel so happy.

Please return to me.

I loved the wars more than love and I wrote to dear Julie.

I will be home soon and I am different.

I have seen terrible thing and I have done terrible things.

Can you still love me?

Julie wrote back. Dear Johnnie. I am waiting for you.

I will make you okay. I am a nurse at V.A. Hospital now in Chicago.

I know what soldiers must do. Please come to me.

I want us to remember we held love so close once

and I remember us. Please come home to me.

I found Julie on a Summer day. She held me like a child.

She whispered. No more war dear Johnnie. I love you so.

Coyote