Silence Of War Poem by Ronald Strickland

Over the jungles filled with war
another mission once more.
Only days away
until my tour is done.
My thoughts are shattered
if by the thunder's roar.
Life flashes by
as I descend in the flames
from Hell to the jungle's floor.
The sounds of the day
and into the night
were the sounds of war.
As life leaves me,
I see mother
smiling at Heaven's doors.
The voices I hear,
be it friend or foe?
My heart filled with fear.
'You're okay, ' a voice would say,
'You're going home. It's not your day."
Thank you, God, for letting me stay
and bringing silence to that war.