~~~Tulip Fields~~~

We drove through the rain , they said it wasn't worth going who wants to travel that far only to peer out of a window ?
  We made faces at the cars passing us by, told stories of our youth, laughed so hard we almost cried.
We sang songs of old, didn't care if it was done in the right chord, sang with abandon and then laughed some more.
We arrived at the gate, rushed through like animals, it was done in a haste, took pictures,and posed.
We stared in awe at the flowers we saw, acres and acres far as you could see,red,white, even pink.
We pretended for just a moment that the world was all right,

that our husbands were home,
not sent off to fight.
We lived in the day enjoyed ourselves,
then Shawna went home all alone to a cold empty bed, were she laid down and cried, and prayed to GOD in her head.
We went out today Lord and had a good time, please forgive me my sins, and KEEP SAFE WHAT IS MINE ... AMEN
And I in my bed wondered aloud how could you create flowers, with all their great beauty, then in turn have a need for Soldiers to perform and do their duty? The silence stretched and no answer arose, we feel asleep with tears on our pillows ...