The Web Poetry Corner - Wesley A. Storer - The Heaven of her Presence
The Heaven of her Presence
by
Wesley A. Storer
To stand in her presence
Was to be in Heaven
She was a Maryland girl
From down around Severn
How easy to be in love
The essence of her presence
Was like being in Heaven
She was 16 He was 17
For a few precious seconds
Their star auras were blessed
Escorted to that sleazy bar
By those military merry makers
He sent her a little gold cross
On a little golden chain
In 1964 from a base in Germany
They met for a minute in 1966
She was promised to an Adventist
She seemed so silent and sad
As he made his final farewell
To the heaven of her presence