Soldiers Thoughts

Your Guardian

Your Guardian

Innocent eyes should widen with fright

as blood fills the air, like dark fills the night.

You should be away not part of this war

Where so many friends continue to fall

Those eyes wander over the barbaric sight

Yet you do not flee, you continue to fight

You’re just a boy you shouldn’t feel such hate

Instead of love that feeling escalates

Although you are young, you have your pride

Your duty is to protect not run and hide

You are here for personal reasons as well

A dear friend got hurt and it pains you like hell

You look at the enemy hate in young eyes

The man just chuckles, for you’re just a child

You hate that feeling, being seen as weak

You have worked hard and have prepared for this

You aren’t stupid and you are not afraid

You made a promise and it will stay that way

All I do is lay here and watch

my life draining away with each tick of the clock.

I will try and support you as much as I can

I’ll watch from the heavens when I fade away