2/23/30 From John E. Hardy on the U.S.S. Colorado to his wife, Lily
Never Forgotten
Honey, don't think that I've forgotten,
If I don't write every day;
For my thoughts are always of you
Although I'm far away.
Don't ever think that there's another
Who can take the place of you
No matter where I go or roam,
Always will my heart be true
To baby, you and home.
At present I'm in the Navy;
My future is unknown.
But always my thoughts are of you,
As I long for you alone.
So, while we are waiting; sweetheart
Think of me and don't feel blue.
For when I've finished this duty,
I'll be coming back to you.
When ocean waves do break and roll,
And your face I cannot see,
Kindly look into your mirror
And kiss your dear self for me.
Though miles and miles between us lie;
And we are so far apart.
Remember that it is me dear
That sends this, with all my heart.
It's kind of sweet seeing the Grandfather I never met get all sentimental over Grandma. There is a small, cynical voice saying, hey, the man was a sailor. They probably swapped poems for sweethearts. There are more semi-colons in that poem that in all of the rest of his letters. On the other hand, a bunch of them are placed for decoration rather than for grammar. And his other letters are all extremely sentimental. So I'm just going to assume that it's genuine and not even try Googling it.
