Heart of a Soldier

As much as she wants
I'll never stop going
I'll chase my dreams
No matter their course.

Relationship and compromise
Go hand in hand
But I refuse to give up my life
A life of planes and flight

Why? Because I'm what she wanted
I'm confident, and brave.
I know what to do
When nobody else does

I won't give in to temptation
I'll dig in my heels
And prove them wrong
I'll show them all

And I'll not relent
Till my life is done
For rest is a luxury
Afforded only by the dead

It must hurt to know
That everything you ever wanted
Lies in the heart of a soldier
Of a man-of-war.

But I promise this:
And I'll never break your heart
That I shall be back
That I'll never have left at all.

Perhaps I'm not for you
If that's the case, leave if you want
The life I live's not for you
Perhaps for nobody.

But as stubborn as I am,
As confident,
As brave,
As loving as I can be...

It will always hurt
Knowing that everything you wanted
Lives on just outside your grasp
Within the heart of a soldier.