Roses

Roses

One day,
The man she loved,
Finally received some news,
He was going back to Iraq.

She took the news hard,
They were just married,
A few months ago,
How will she cope?

She has some happy news,
It's risen her hopes a little bit,
But she knows its not stopping him,
They have a baby on the way.

The day he was taking off,
He went to the store,
He bought some flowers,
Eleven are real and one is fake.

The roses were hidden in the back,
He tells her to wait on the landing strip,
He watches his wife walk away to the landing strip,
Then grabs the roses.

As he's walking through the parking lot,
A man on the intercom clicks on and says,
"Those who are leaving today for Iraq,
We will give you ten minutes to say good-bye."

He starts running,
Wanting to talk and hug his wife,
Before he leaves,
Because this time it might be his last.

He sees her beside other wives, husbands and kids,
Who all are kissing their love one's good-bye,
He hands the roses over,
And places it in her hands.

"Keep the roses beside you,
Don't let them die out,
I will always love you,
Until the last one dies."

They held each other for the rest of the five minutes,
As they soon to board the plane,
He leans in and whispers,
" I love you and our little baby."

" I'll keep the roses,
As long as I can,
My one wish is,
These two years will go by fast."

-One Year Later-

Their baby was born,
A healthy little boy,
She named him after his dad,
Micah Scott Reinfield Jr.

It was seven months later,
She got a phone call,
She recognized the voice,
The voice of Micah's Sargent.

"Mrs.Reinfield,
This is Sargent Nick Waters,
I'm sorry to inform you,
Micah Scott Reinfield has died,
While working for the service of the army."

Tears still streaked later that night,
As she sat in the rocking chair,
Holding her little boy,
And there sits one rose still living,
On Micah's baby dresser.

She remembers the words he whispered,
"Keep the roses beside you,
Don't let them die out,
I will always love you,
Until the last one dies."

He must've known he was going to go,
She could hear it in his voice when he called,
And he could see the tear streaked letters,
He's written for the past year.

For his funeral,
She bought some roses,
As she comes up to the casket,
Before he's buried in the ground.

She sets them down and whispers,
" I will always love you,
Until the last one dies,
I love you Micah."