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Difficult
It’s often difficult
Being alone
Knowing that you are so far away
That I can’t touch your face
Hear your voice
Listen to you joke and laugh
Feel your warmth in an embrace
It’s often difficult
Sleeping on cold sheets
Rolling over
Realizing you’re not there
Making dinner for one
The only company being the pictures
It’s often difficult
Finding things to keep busy
Watching the clock slowly go by
Tick Tok Tick Tok
Every hour taking longer than the last
Every minute to think about missing what’s no longer here
It’s often difficult
Knowing the burden you face
What you do every single day
The sacrifices you make
The comforts you go without
The honor you strive to achieve
It’s often difficult
Trying to avoid feeling selfish
Wanting you here
In my arms
Safe
Sound
All mine
It’s often difficult
Friends not understanding
Not knowing what to say
When the shots are fired and bombs are dropped
When the alarms go off
When the good news doesn’t come
When the lines of communication go down
When the tears fall and won’t stop
It’s often difficult
When the pain is too much to bear
The heartbreak shattering all faith
Prayers falling on deaf ears
Words of comfort not helping
Curling into a ball
No sounds but the incessant sobbing
Can’t open your eyes for what you see
Can’t open your lips for what may escape
It’s often difficult
Wanting you here
Needing you here
Loving you
Waiting for you
But the difficulty
I can face
It’s the earth quaking fear
Of you not coming home
That one phone call
That one knock on the door
That’s what is too often difficult
