Love Poem: Valley
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Written by: Kasim Ishmael

Valley

She cries and hugs the coffin
Why he leave her alone
He walks out the door
 But never came back home

They give her a medal
And said he was a hero
But that can’t replace him
Next to her is an empty pillow

And why doesn’t the men goes
The one’s who likes to start wars
They are all   safe behind 
The white house doors

Now in her heart 
There’s a valley fill with pain
And all the medals in the world
Can’t heal it again

He sees a moving truck
Across the street by 224
He ran as fast as he can
Was shock at what he saw?

The girl he loves are leaving
Going back to El Salvador
They turn down her parent’s visa
They can’t stay in America no more

They hug each other tight
Like they were made of glue
He said soon as I’m eighteen
I will come and marry you

And in his life there’s 
A valley fills with emptiness
Filling every day 
With the love for a girl he miss

He came out the shower
See a text on his phone
He hurt his right leg
She ask how he is making out alone

And he feels so happy
That she’s thinking of him
He thought in her heart
His light has gone dim

 And on the streets of Cardiff
The breeze gently blows
It’s where my heart’s planted
And every day the seed of love grows


Now in his heart there’s
 A valley full with love
And it will keep overflowing till 
  for the green eyes girl  he’s dreaming of