True Love Waits
Crystal Michael
As I lie here alone once again,
I think of the night I first said yes;
when you asked me if this is what I wanted.
We both knew that it would be a long
and hard three months.
But it was then that I first told you that I would wait.
After that night, things were so easy,
we fit together so well.
I was feeling something that I had never felt before, I was beginning to fall in love with you.
I knew then that I wanted to marry a Marine and that I would be a Military Wife someday.
I knew then that I had to wait.
As months went by we became closer and closer.
But so did that day, that dreaded day.
May 22nd ? a day that I hate.
We gave our hugs and said our goodbyes.
Then I watched you drive away, so far away.
I promised you then that I would wait.
In the beginning it was horrible.
I was sick, I was scared,
I didn't know how to live without you.
I must have read that first letter a thousand times.
When I wrote you each night,
I assured you that I would wait.
Those thirteen weeks were hard, real hard.
The days felt like weeks but the weeks felt like days.
You told me to take one day at time,
so that's what I did.
And before I knew it, I was on my way to see you.
To see you become a United States Marine.
I was scared, I was excited.
But I still had to wait.
I saw you standing there, so tall and handsome.
I could see the pride in your eyes,
as he gave you your Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
You did it, your now a Marine.
I was so happy, I was so excited.
I ran to you with open arms.
The day had come, we were together again, everything was great.
I knew then that you were worth the wait.
We came home with smiling faces,
I was so proud of my Marine.
Four days later I said yes for the second time; when you asked me if I still wanted to marry a Marine.
But this time to my surprise you pulled out a ring.
This truly was the happiest day of life.
August 22nd I said yes to my Marine.
You were worth the wait.
Ten days later I had to watch you leave yet again.
This time as your fiance and with a ring on my finger.
I was sad but I wasn't scared.
As I watched you get on that plane and fly away, so far way, I gave you my heart and again I gave you my word that I would wait.
Now I wait like I promised I would.
I wait for your calls so that I can hear your voice, just like I waited for your letters just to see your handwriting.
I will wait as long as it takes, I will wait for my Marine.
I will wait because you are "the one",
I will wait because true love waits.
For my Marine, PFC. Snyder
9/13/06