He comes home

From active duty

To greet the woman

He Promised his life to

But as he approached her

He knew something was very wrong

She didn’t look happy to see him

Instead she looked

Bored

Like she had better things to do

The love the used to glow in her eyes

Was no longer there

She gives him a hesitant hug

But with no passion

Her touch seemed cold and lifeless

She says nothing as they get in the car

Where there once was softness

Now all had turned to stone

He didn’t know what was going on

He wanted to break through to her

But he just couldn’t figure out how

She seemed to be a different woman

Then the one he married

Some 15 years ago

Weeks went by and little changed

But the tension seemed to grow

He still couldn’t figure it out

He wanted to fix this

To prove himself

But he had no idea how

And it all came falling down

when a strange man

Shocked him with the words,

“You have been served.”