Lost On The Shore

Lost On The Shore

I remember when I left,
for Vietnam on the ship.
To sail across the ocean,
on a long sad foreign trip..

You waved me good bye,
Tears fell from your eyes.
Why did your love change?
My country ask me to serve.
I could not stay with you.
I had to go honor my name.

While I served to protect my,
Country and home honorably.
You were cheating on me
Did not care about my health.

When a person is real lonely,
Their reasoning may change.
I became very lonely too,
Still I only thought of you.

I will think of the time when,
You again could be mine.
Holding you in my arms,
loving all of your charms.

Somehow your love for me,
Became cold and misled.
Yes! you slept with another,
Man in his seductive bed.

I can not say all my love,
for you is completely gone.
For my love was deep and,
still lingers and holds on..

My respect for you is lost.
Now you will have to accept,
responsibility to pay the cost.
I have not yet forgiven you.

Not forgot what you've done,
When I was defending my,
country freedom in Vietnam.
You were home having fun.

I guess you were ashamed,
to even write me a Dear John.
But you misled me to believe,
all was well with you at home.

When I came home from,
The terrible Vietnam war.
You were not there waiting,
for me on the sea shore.

Only then I started to realize,
Something was very wrong.
For in my letter I told you,
When I was coming home.

Your adultery hurt me deep,
In the middle of my heart.
For it has been shattered,
Into many tiny broken parts.

You took a big piece of my,
Manhood and through it away.
Leaving a doubts in my mind,
To even thoughts of this day.

Maybe someday I will be,
able to live with another.
Who may regain my trust,
And becoming my lover.

As far as committing myself,
To chance another marriage.
I will tell you doing this you,
Have totally discouraged.

Yes! my heart still lives,
With all its terrible pain.
Living from day after day,
In a constant pouring rain.

It has been said time heals,
all wounds and the shame.
Yet after 30 plus years the,
hurt still lingers the same.

I am not able to erase what,
I did not do or even create..
I'll pray it will come to pass,.
I will forget and forgive at last.

I wish you best in every way.
Yes! I love you to this very day.
Your memory will stay mine,
Embedded forever in my mind. .

Even if I could redo the damage,
That you've unmercifully done.
I would still have to leave you,
on shore and go to Vietnam.

Our past is a part of history.
our present is what we've now,
Our future can only be what,
Almighty God will allow.

May you find happiness in,
A new and lasting true love.
May it be blessed by God,
Who looks down from above..

Hope the Sunshine forever
warms deep in your heart.
I pray you succeed in,
everything you take part.

Most of all my once love,
May you never be dealt,
The kind of pain I have felt.

Written in The Honor Of My Friend:
Bob Smith

By: Kings

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