Thank you so much to everyone at the M.O.D and the RAF and to all who have kindly supported my writing.

Angelina

July 5, 2026

Angelina,
Angelina of the coast,
you waved at the sea and your loved one you waved to he,
you waved to him in his boat,
and you have forever since looked like a ghost,
because he disappeared over the horizon,
and he went to a foreign land,
and he sent you a letter,
and he gave you his house,
of which you could not understand,
and then you saw it,
the rest of what he had written,
and with tears in your eyes oh how you cried,
and inside your heart and your mind how you died,
and you were never the same again,
and in the letter, all that he wrote was,
I am going away forever and a day,
so please do not think bad of me for it was not to be,
for my mind and my heart had considered everything,
and my feelings for you had sadly disappeared,
over distant seas,
and though I still love you,
for who you were,
you changed and that was no good for me,
so, please find inside my engagement ring,
that I give back to thee,
because my love for you has died, I am afraid,
and my heart and my mind have disappeared,
over the horizon to a foreign land,
and I will never be coming back,
and I know it will not be,
of much comfort to you,
but in the long run,
you will have a roof over your head,
and the bills,
I will pay them all,
and though I do not love you like I used too sadly,
I give you the house in love,
for it will be better in time,
and do not think of it as anything,
anything that you do not deserve,
because I give it to you with love,
because of how you treated me,
and because of all the things that you did for me,
and because of you,
and because of your love please take it,
and in time your heart will heal,
and I wish,
and I hope that you will be happy,
so, please,
please do not think too unkindly of me,
and though I will be overseas,
I will think of you,
upon a tropical breeze,
and I will think of you,
with a smile on your face,
and that will be the best thing for you,
and the best thing for me.