Etchings of a Broken Heart

Etchings of a Broken Heart

She sits at her desk writing
while winter winds howl outside.
Will her letters ever reach him
in faraway lands he serves?

She hears laughter of her children
as she dreams of the day he returns.

A single tear cascades to the floor as
outside, the black Cadillac appears.
Tragic news the uniformed men leave,
her heart no longer sings.

Years pass while her children grow,
their sacrifice long forgotten by the world.

The stories that will never be shared,
worth a value untold.
Loneliness will remain forever, a
daily reminder of pain she can’t lose.

She sits at her desk writing as
biting pain etches her heart.