My Marine

I'm not ready for you to go.
I'm not ready to kiss you goodbye
and I'm not ready for the lonely,
tear-filled nights that lie ahead.
This is what you want to do,
and you know I'll support you 100%
but damn, I'm worried as hell
because if anything ever happened to you
I'd be devastated,
completely crushed into a million, trillion
pieces,
obliterated by your memories.
Please don't go.
Go, I know this is what you need to do
but if you leave, promise me with everything
in your bones, the galaxy within your being
that you will come back
that you will be home for me to hug
and to kiss
and to make fun of
Fight with all that you have
You are my hero, and you always have been
I will be with you on the front lines,
I'll be cheering for you from the side lines;
baby, I'm your biggest fan.
There's nobody else that I'd rather wait for
nobody else that I'd rather write to
nobody else that I'd rather love
than you.
Things will change, as always
but the amount of love for you that I possess
will never fade
It will always spill from the sparkle in my eyes
and it will leak from the giggles that manage to escape
when you tickle me
I will love you just as much when you are 3,000 miles away
as I do when you're in my arms
I'll always be here for you to come home to
when you can't find a home anywhere else.