My brave soldier boy, come back home
I'm never gonna have as much courage as you.
This war scares me, the screams and the terror
Loneliness is not for me - you're all I had, still now
And I wish you home with me.

I know you must do your duty,
Protect the weak, strengthen the strong
Topple the corrupt, dispose of the oppressors
But when you've done all that, and more, and won,
Please come back home to me.

The barbed wire cuts, I'm shaking and flinching
Bullets pop and screech, screech in my ears
The war sweeps us all from dreams.

Strong, stready soldier boy, save us all.

It's too late, dear soldier boy.
The wave of war is relentless.
You keep fighting, you keep pushing - struggle, resist, stand tall.
Stalwart, symbolic, everyone will thank you
You've got the war, and I've got the war - violence prevails above all.

Goodbye, soldier boy - a war's a war, it's not your fault.
Goodbye, soldier boy - there's little you could do.
Goodbye, soldier boy - it's another number, another assault
Goodbye, soldier boy.... I love you.

Remember that I waited. Remember that I loved. And go on, be strong, for everyone else.

(Written at least a year ago. Just thinking about it and decided to post it.)