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Today is my last here for a while. I leave not with a frown, but a smile. It won't be long till I'm back in your arms. Till I'm back, keeping you safe from harm. This day seems to last forever.
We stood in the doorway of our apartment, just staring at each other. His duffle bag was in his left hand, his other hand was holding my own.
Chapter 1 ~Katrina~ We were young. We were stupid. And it destroyed us. It was a warm, warm summer, around seventeen years ago now. The warm weather had been muggy, like breathing in treacle.
Just tell me. You know I hate secrets. Please, let me see. Argh, I wanna know. What your on about. Please, could you show. What've you got to tell. That I can't find out about.
Tonight I rest and lay my head, It's dark and lonely, here in my bed I toss and turn, Can't sleep at night, Searching for my hero to hold him tight, Lost in the covers, a feeling unknown a space...
#household. She sits by the window. Day and night. Waiting for her love. Still burning bright. He said goodbye. 4th September 1939. "Wait for me" he said. " You'll always be mine". She had the dress.
I kissed Adam goodbye tearily, he to had glittering tears threatening to spill out of his eyes as he kissed me and his precious child goodbye.
For the first week that Adam was away, I just wandered around my room, spending every second of the day thinking about if Adam was ok.
A kiss, Like the fire, Of a funeral pyre. Mixed, With tears, Held over the years. Husband, And wife, Together through strife. Sighing, At last, It has finally passed.
He strained from the tears in his eyes and avoided speaking incase he couldn't hold the cries back. Emma stood in the doorway and stared into her husbands screaming eyes...