Honeymoon Poem by Carolyn Brunelle

She was born and raised
In the hills of Tennessee,
So was he;
Newly wedded
High school sweethearts
When war broke out.
He enlisted and was shipped
Right away;
She went to work
In a munitions depot stateside
Where she worked, waited,
Wept, and prayed.
They and their love
Managed to survive, but
Their honeymoon was
Lost forever to World War II;
They were never that young
Or that innocent ever again.