It's Gone

A soldier went off to war, and the girl got the letter saying he died. She had imagined that when he got back they'd be married, but now it's all gone.

My eyes lower in front of you.

You take my hand, out and through.

My eyes open wide,

I take every step and stride.

The portrait I painted,

So real, I nearly fainted.

The letter you wrote,

Like a body in water, it floats.