The Note

Falling in my path

A piece of paper blew

Curiosity beckoned

I felt a need to view

Mystified I wondered

As the note lay on the ground

Of all the people in this world

Why I the note had found

As I began to read

Interest taking hold

A realized the letter

Was a story to be told

The note a declaration

Of a love long past

Bidding to be given

To a recipient at last

A letter from a soldier

In his final hours of life

A legacy of love

To his children and his wife

For years gone undelivered

Determined to be found

Floating through the air

Landing on the ground

As I continue reading

The meaning came to mind

A hidden part of destiny

The note was mine to find

My father was the soldier

Who died some years ago

In his final breath he wrote

What he wanted us to know

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