Caught in blaze

I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I drive from place to place

Beautiful scenes, and clear blue skies

Returning to our home base

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I wonder how helpless you feel

As you try to find safer ground

Terror at foot, skies full of black

Safety yet to be found

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I prepare our family meal

I can smell the food, the love in the air

This is how it should feel

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I wonder the level of despair you’re in

As you dig into your rations

Dining on a cold hard floor, trembling

Surviving without compassion

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I move through our home

Photos on walls, heirlooms within reach

Memories never alone

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I wonder about all you have left

As you’ve fled your familiar scene

Taking what you need, love you can hold

Keepsakes now only a dream

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I hold my babies tight

Reading them stories, tucking them in

Knowing we are safe tonight

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I wonder where you are with your own

How terrified you must feel

As you rally in darkness, a battlefield of hate

Knowing this horror is real

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I kiss my husband goodnight

Discussing our day, sleeping in peace

Waking to reunite

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I wonder if you’ve had to farewell

The darling love of your life

Hearts ripped from chests, stabbed by hurt

A country holding the knife

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As I live my privileged day

Safe, warm, in peace and knowing

Right now, my family’s okay

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I wonder when you will know that too

And I pray it will be soon

You don’t deserve your reality, this war

A life now in ruins

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I want you to know I’m thinking of you

As the minutes turn into days

I want you to know I’m aching for you

Heroic women caught in blaze.