They chose a lovely sunny day <br />a day with azure sky <br />to picnic on the upland way <br />and say a sad goodbye. <br />Then at a cool and lonely place <br />they sat beside a stream <br />and in the quiet of the hour <br />recalled love's magic theme. <br /> <br />Beneath a shady woodland tree <br />the tree where first they met <br />many endless tears were shed <br />before the sun was set. <br />And later in the dead of night <br />when the moon shone in its glory, <br />stolen moments came to an end <br />the finale of a soldier's story.<br /><br />Joyce Hemsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-soldier-s-story-2/
