Lost

Awaken to sounds of flight, machines in the distance Muffled sounds from fire watch Bellowing to arms to arms Planes humming, men rising from their slumber The sky was dark, silhouettes dimmed the stars Unapproachable rays and milky ways faded As the Reaper flew over way With tools of trade Squinting indistinctly it had begun To my feet, roused to the berm In celebration I danced with wolves of war Marines gathering for the kill Then I recognized the sound of Thunder In the distant flashes of light, insidious it was Thump, Thump Boom Thump, Boom The feeling of black, the approach of stillness Where nothing exist Such a sight, watched in awe as the sand shook my feet Would we be brave? Leathernecks cheered And the Sentry yelled, “To arms to arms” In innocence I encouraged death My thoughts trapped in haunting recollection I bear in mind, If only we knew I died with them If only I knew lost I was that night My soul hidden in the desert And in my dreams to arms, to arms, to arms