This world is not our home
I try to remember this 
As I face death daily 
In a desolute  combat zone

The smell of death lingers in the air
Surely to god 
This will be over soon
And I can just go home and pet my dog

sleep yes sleep
I do need
Would it help if I got down 
On my knees 

I hadn’t prayed in so long
No time to eat or sleep 
Let alone pray to god
As I bury the prayers deep 


My buddy was killed 
Just the other night
Sucking chest wound 
Midnight fire fights 

I don’t take my cavalier off
As  I touched the ground
I say  the Lord’s Prayer
Without making a sound

God watch over my brothers and I 
We can’t take any more death 
Our young soldiers are 
Cherries we don’t have many left 

And with that I lock and load
Stand ready in the night
At dawn I can rest
Until another fight