Our mouths curved with dimples <br />As we stood at that solemn altar. <br />You have known me as shy <br />But my vows did not falter. <br /> <br />We star-gazed and honeymooned <br />In a Roman wilderness near the shore. <br />I knew I was your star-stealing girl <br />And I knew I was your raving whore. <br /> <br />But this elaborate plan is no more, <br />And what we had was so good, <br />When made love on the floor, <br />When we moved into this neighbourhood. <br /> <br />Then you went and left me here alone, <br />To scamper off to a jungle firefight. <br />I kept company with the china and stone, <br />Alone in every windy night. <br /> <br />I was lonely, my sweetheart, <br />I knew I said I would wait for you, <br />On the cliffs, on the beach, <br />Through storms and morning dew. <br /> <br />Another soul came along <br />And he saw to what you had been blind, <br />That when you left here to fight a war, <br />You left a bigger one behind.<br /><br />K. Jared Hosein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/longing-dear-john/
