Long Distance Poem

Being Parted Away From Home

I serves as a soldier for many years that caused partings away from home and the wife I loved dearly. She was never far from my thoughts but these came to a head during the long nights away when I had time to reflect what my service cost us both, and how dearly I loved and missed her. So I wrote this for her to tell her that though we were apart she was always with me.

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A lovely poem - my husband was also a soldier, but I didn't receive any beautiful poems like that when he was away!

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In Quiet Times

Alan N. Prentice © more by Alan N. Prentice

Published by Family Friend Poems November 18, 2024 with permission of the Author.

In quiet time, when day is done,
] rest my head for sleep to come,
As peace steals o'er my restless mind,
My memories your face will find,
Your gentle smile so sweet to see,
Eases my troubled thoughts for me.

In quiet times, in still of night,
When darkness shields the world from sight,
I lay awake and think of you,
I see your eyes, so warm, so true,
I feel at peace and without fear,
As in my mind I hold you near.

In quiet times, in dead of night,
My dreams take wing in silent flight,
To join with yours, the two as one,
Spirit and body, one become,
Lips joined, breath soft, hearts beating slow,
Two bodies merged in loves deep glow.

In quiet times, in dawning light,
My eyes tight closed, the dream held tight,
I feel our hearts entwined, at rest,
My cheek press'd to your soft white breast,
I keep my cherished dreams sublime,
And wait again for quiet times.

I quiet times, in days dull toil,
When reality ones dreams can soil,
I close my eyes and see your smile,
To comfort me for some short while,
And in my heart, through flight of time,
In quiet times, your dreams are mine.

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ABOUT THE POET:

I started writing when I retired and attended a creative writing course.
I have completed 3 novels, ( unpublished ), and 2 non fiction. ( also unpublished ).
I left school aged 15 in 1955 with no qualifications.
I had a varied career including working as a papermaker, an HGV driver, and a soldier.
I am a widower, have 3 sons and 4...

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A lovely poem - my husband was also a soldier, but I didn't receive any beautiful poems like that when he was away!

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