Love Poem: Loving My Soldier Boy In Green
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Written by: Jane Shields

Loving My Soldier Boy In Green

At seventeen I was naïve 
 I gave me to my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen I didn't know, to take it slow, 
 Wish I had seen
 My own true love, was not his aim, 
 He played a game, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen I lived in hope 
 I needed him my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen my heart was broke, I lost him to 
 A beauty queen
 I was in bits, my heart was torn, 
 I wont forget, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen I lost my heart 
 Completely to my soldier boy 
 At seventeen my feelings have to wake 

He was my hero, young and free 
 my special hero, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen he made me feel
 My heart was for my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen I felt the joy to
 have the love 
 And he was so keen
 My hero boy, not yet a man, 
 Who was my love, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen I lost my heart 
 Completely to my soldier boy 
 At seventeen my feelings have to wake 

He was my hero, young and free 
 My special hero, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen he made me feel
 My heart was for my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen I felt the joy to have the love 
 And he was so keen
 My hero boy, not yet a man, 
 Who was my love, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen we were so young, 
 Love was a game for my soldier boy in green 

At seventeen our love was raw, down to the bone 

And built by a dream
 I really thought that this was it 
 We would be one, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen I was naïve 
 I gave me to my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen I didn't know, to take it slow, 
 Oh wish I had seen
 My own true love, was not his aim, 
 He played the game, my soldier boy in green

At seventeen I lived in hope 
 I needed him my soldier boy in green
 At seventeen my heart was broke, I lost him to 
 A real beauty queen
 I was in bits, my heart was torn, 
 I wont forget, my soldier boy in green

Jane Shields 05th August 2016