Letters from Home

He held the ink stained letter It came to him from miles away Hung on to every word written From the girl that begged him to stay Nine months had passed since their last goodbyes A baby boy would enter the world soon And for now she would be all alone To stop his tears and lay him down in the afternoon His heart ached with every thought of home All the things that waited in woe The days he was forced to take on battle And sleepless nights that passed much too slow In her letters she spoke of her love for him Her words written like a tome It kept the feelings all the same Expect he was a letter away from home