Soldiers kept there favorite photo of a loved one, covered up safe and close. The loved ones photo on the mantle, is the counterpart. The story ends with the photos being the only future for this loving couple.
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Out of the corner of his pocket I saw • a plastic covered photo
I asked if it was his wife • He nodded with a glow
She’s dreaming in Mobile • the sea spices the air
his plastic covered photo • takes him to her there
As he told me, I could taste, the cookies she could bake
And how he’d give anything to feel • the love they would make
Swapping many stories • how we longed to be back there
It would help shorten the hours • in the dark jungle air
I would watch him dream endlessly • at the photo that he carried
Staring at his blue eyed bride • and the day that they were married
It was wrapped in plastic baggies • in a pocket close to his heart
So she was close to his endless love • in these moments they were apart
Out of the corner of his pocket I saw • a plastic covered photo
He said she was his life • His eyes said it was so
She’s sleeping in Mobile • and dreams without a care
his plastic covered photo • takes him to her there
It seemed as though I knew her • though we’d never met
That morning in Mobile • restlessly she slept
The morning wind blew the poncho off • the body that it covered
And I’ll never forget these thoughts • and what my stare discovered
She wouldn’t know for days • her heartbreak and what I found
She didn’t know I felt her sorrow • I tied the poncho down
Out of the corner of his pocket • I saw the plastic covered photo
How close he held her to the end • I knew she’d never know
She’s sleepless in Mobile • his cologne she puts on her pillow
How he smelled, and how she longed • to see his smiling face aglow
She prays to him in darkness • a warm glow answers her prayers
His photo on her nightstand • Takes Her to him there
In heaven, she knows he's there... he's there