As the train leaves...

Steam everywhere 
Tears run dark
People everywhere 
Stories wrote down
Leathered homes
They carry
Kids goodbye's 
They achingly 
Cherish 
Kisses are savoured 
Salt was tasted 
The grip of
A love lost hand
Gets lost in
The hate of 
Wars great stand
Whistles pierced 
The train is 
Leaving 
A river flows
From their faces
As it drips
On the ground 
Of their 
Trailing laces 
Goodbye dad and husband
Battle on
And send 
Me roses 
Write to me
My love
Until we 
Meet again
You are
My shadow
And my pain
Goodbye dad
And husband...