I count the hours,
i count the days.
how much i miss you,
i count the ways.

i miss your voice,
i miss your touch.
and i miss the face,
that i love so much.

how to describe it,
there is now way.
i walk around,
in a permanent daze.

i long to feel,
your warm embrace.
and to see a smile,
upon your face.

i will not sleep,
won't close one eye.
until you're home,
safe and alive.

while you're overseas,
and i'm safe at home.
i think of you out there,
in danger and alone.

this is the life you've chosen,
and i can't change your mind.
you've found your inner bravery,
and now i must find mine.

i miss you so much,
to the moon and the stars.
and this feeling will go on,
until you're safe in my arms.