the one who knows you best

To fight the need to cry

and finally get some rest?

To go on without him

for months or maybe years

To know you will be ok

and not shed any tears?

To stand up stall and proud,

and force yourself to be strong

To wake up every day knowing

that it would have been wrong

To take him from the pride he felt,

the day he was told,

“You’re going to be a Sailor man”

Today you hit gold.

To sit and wait for him to return,

To my arms with much to learn

Not about him or where he’s been

But about the love that stays within

To know one day he will return,

To my arms and again will find

I will love him dearly for all my life

So no more crying has been allowed

For I show strength and show I know

That my Sailor will come home to me

Where I can show him the pride to be

So I stand with power and faith

until the day I meet you at the gate.