If you're reading this, I'm not coming home They sent me somewh

If you're reading this, I'm not coming home They sent me somewhere I had to go alone There's a folded flag and a knock at your door But I need you to know, I'm not gone for sure If you're reading this, I'm watching you grow From a sky I never wanted to know Tell the kids I love them every night And hold them when the thunder steals the light I left not for glory, not medals or fame But to shield the ones who carry my name So if you stand beneath the red, white, and the blue Know I bled and died thinking of you If you're reading this, don't carry the blame It was duty, not you, that whispered my name Lay a flower down, say a prayer if you must Then live for me — love, laugh, and trust If you're reading this, just one last line: I’ll wait for you beyond space and time Until that day when we reunite I’ll be the silence in your darkest night