Every sentence was silent
and yet she continued
to speak.
He hugged his lady
for dear life
knowing his future was bleak.
The pleading sound
of her soft voice
would remain in his head
as a distant memory
of their love
in the words she had said.
He spent the first several weeks
in the abject horror
of his shell.
For how he longed
to hear her whisper
from a wishing well.
The communication
between lovers
only grows with time.
Its strength
and resolve
overcomes any crime.
His handicap
brought them closer
than ever before
as he is the man
who brought deafness
home from the war.
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and yet she continued
to speak.
He hugged his lady
for dear life
knowing his future was bleak.
The pleading sound
of her soft voice
would remain in his head
as a distant memory
of their love
in the words she had said.
He spent the first several weeks
in the abject horror
of his shell.
For how he longed
to hear her whisper
from a wishing well.
The communication
between lovers
only grows with time.
Its strength
and resolve
overcomes any crime.
His handicap
brought them closer
than ever before
as he is the man
who brought deafness
home from the war.
****