Gone, Forevermore...

Sore limbs,
Breaking bone,
Lights go dim,
He's coming home.

Throbbing feet,
Cracking joints,
Knees go weak,
He looks and points.

Beating heart,
Rapid pulse,
Turning with a start,
She grins on impulse.

Blinking twice,
Matching eyes,
Wraps like a vice,
Truth become lies.

Joy turns to sorrow,
Smiles to a frown,
Realizing her 'morrow,
Just turned upside down.

'Tis not the man,
In which she knew,
He doesn't give a damn,
How much she grew.

Nor how she loved,
How she waited,
He merely shoved,
And vacated.

Now she stands,
Alone and in pain,
Crumpled, she lands,
Her love now slain.

The man she loved,
Died in war,
Her once beloved,
Gone, forevermore.