Why Did You Do It

Why did you do it? Dress in white. Slip on a ring, then vanish from my sight. Did you forget the words you choose? How many times you swore, "I love you"? With black boots, we scatter dew from the ground. Our midnight watch moves out, no talk and no Sound. And each man thinks of her who waits and Writes, "My dearest, my Beloved, I hear you in the night." They shed their heavy coats from tired shoulders Worn, And think of tender names before the sleep is Born. They dream of home, green fields, And forests wide, and girls who Promised, "I'll be by your side." With black boots, we scatter dew from the ground. Our midnight watch moves out, no talk and no Sound. And each man thinks of her who waits and Writes, "My dearest, my beloved, I hear you in the night." Now I keep dreaming, Wedding lights. Happy faces shouting, "Kiss, make it right." You swore you'd love, but broke your vows that Day. You only wrote you'll understand Someday. With black boots, we scatter dew from the ground. Our midnight watch moves out, no talk and no Sound. And each man thinks of her who waits and Writes, "My dearest, my beloved, I hear you in the night. I hear you in the night."