from confederate soldier to betrothed

If by doom,
Or if by dawn
I cease to wake,
And if your side
I never to make,
Remember only
Of things not thought
But done for you.

For as I dream
Of your waking
Of your song
Your tight embrace
I hope upon hope
To break through to
Our reality sought,
Where ne'er we part
And time allows
My heart to give
To you, beloved
My everything always.