The smell of battle hung in the air
I silently traveled over blood soaked ground
Bodies littering it here and there
Death filled silence is all around
I hear a voice calling to me as I pass
I stop and there a brave hero I see
I go to his side and kneel beside him
I look into his eyes as he stairs up at me
I feel a tear fall as there I stay
Kneeling there by this brave heroes side
He begs to me to take away his pain
My arms for him I now open up wide
I lift him into my arms for comfort
He lays his head softly against my chest
I see from his body the wounds he has
As he closes his eyes and tries to rest
A tear I feel as it slides along my cheek
My heart is torn for the suffering he must bare
Wanting him to know I will comfort him
And for all the brave men I really care
He ask me now to save him from death
As life slowly slips from his body this day
Seeing the damage that battle has caused
A lump in my throat I know not what to say
He asks me to hear his last words
I nod in acceptance as he begins to speak
“Dear Lord forgive me for all that I have
Brave souls lost in battles I fought
I did not raise my weapon out of anger not once
It is only freedom for my country I sought
I know I have been careless in my beliefs
I know that we have not spoken nearly enough
Many times I wanted and could not find words
Explaining my feelings was sometimes so tough
So forgive me Lord for things I have done
Pain I have caused others to suffer and bare
These memories live down deep in my soul
And with each lost life, the pain I share
If the time has come that I too will die
I ask on thing of you as into the ever after I go
Take me with open arms on my travel
Lay me beside other brave soldiers you know”
His words sank deep into my heart as I listened
I knew to his fellow man he meant no harm or pain
I held him closer as I understood what he ask
With God’s comfort he would remain
I assured him he will be comforted forever
He looked up and smiled right at me
A comfort I saw fill him as I held him tight
The end of his life in my eyes I can now see
One last gasp and he goes limp in my arms
My heart cries out for this worlds great loss
Brave men killed in battle this day
To what valued end was this great cost
I stand now with that hero in my arms
With blood stained feet I turn and walk away
I carry him in comfort as he had asked
Until at his final rest his soul I can lay
To the heavens he was this day summoned
I came and carried this soul in my arm
Knowing he will be laid with other heroes
Laid where they will never again face harm
To the heavens I now traveled in silence
On cloud soft steps along I did trod
Taking a hero’s soul to its final rest
On this very day that a brave soldier met God
© Tall Mountain Dreamer
