I Shall Meet You In The Heaven...*

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I Shall Meet You In The Heaven...
You dreamed of me tying the sacred knot Ive seen
those tears, very thought of which brought I
wanted to open my wings around you I wanted to
wrap you when the wind chill grew I wanted to
hold you as youd held me before I wanted to
kneadem, when your feet became sore But the
fate was jealous, shortened the journey of my
life The bullet in Fallujah hit me sharper than a
knife They gave you my purple heart, couldnt
they make you not suffer? Ill be in the air,
when the spangled one would flutter Im gone
without a kiss, without a hug or goodbye Im
lying here alone, hearing distinctly you
cry Very hard O mother, but you ought to let go
of me I shall meet you in the Heaven, together
always then we shall be!
Your soul is wounded, your heart is bleeding Your
tears have dried, your eyes are pleading You
miss me so much youre engulfed in my grief I
miss you as much, because the union was so
brief Oh! I long for your comfort, your fingers
in my hair I long for your presence, emptiness I
cant bear The moment you saw me, you loved me
there on You sought naught in barter, no
conditions were drawn You bore my impudence, my
faults you ignored My mistakes you corrected, for
my slips you implored You gave me all you had,
and then a lot more Youre a gentle ocean,
bathing pebbles on the shore You wanted me to
grow very tall and mature You wanted me to do,
things I wasnt so sure
Dedicated to the memory of Branden Oberleitner,
a fallen hero from my hometown Worthington, OH,
whom I came to know, respect and love only in his
death. If alive, he would have celebrated his
21st birthday just one day after his burial.
Nothing belongs to us except in memory!
? Abdul-Majeed Azad