I wish

I wish I could believe

Wholeheartedly In forces that could conspire

To keep two lovers apart

Because one of them

Consigned themselves to a hell

From which

There does not come an escape

That demands a 50,000 dollar price tag

The soldier who will come to take your place

Means we will not be free

To each feel others embrace

Unless once again I trust

And pay their ransom

I felt my heart torn out

I actually knelt on the ground and wept

There was a tearing so deep down in my soul

Because how can I not trust

When everything deep inside me says this is real

And yet there is doubt

There is no need to scream and shout

Because even if they keep us apart

This deployment cannot go on forever

But for now I can do no more

I know I must live

And bear this pain

For true love cannot be destroyed

And our connection lasts

Even if we live at the moment

On two separate continents