I'm Holding On

I remember the night we met,
The way we danced and swayed.
I held onto you as long as I could,
At that silly masquerade.

You took off your mask
And revealed the bluest eyes.
They held my gaze for so long,
I'll never forget the butterflies.

Then that night a few years later,
When you asked me to marry you.
I cried yes into your shoulder;
I held onto you tightly that night, too.

When you came to me
And told me you were going to war,
I clung to you because I knew
That soon I couldn't anymore.

I answered the door one day
To find a soldier dressed in black.
He told me you hadn't made it,
And my heart began to crack.

Listening to the guns go off,
I began crying tears long over-due.
They handed me a folded flag
And I clung to all I had left of you.