A Dream

A young couple together at last A couple far too young to know any better A baby comes along, a little boy, their pride and joy A little girl a couple years later, she looks so much like her daddy A young father deployed, a young mother with their third baby on the way A knock at the door, a man in uniform, tears streaming down a young widows face A little girl in the womb, never able to meet the man she would call "Daddy" A little boy who called him "Dad" saluting his headstone A young mother left alone, three children, a flag, his dog tags around her neck, right over her heart A memory A dream... as she wakes up crying knowing he's right beside her and never leaving