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Last moments

            They say that a soldier does not die if he falls with a gun in his hand and courage in his heart.

            I will soon find out. I know I satisfy the first criteria. My rifle sits uselessly beyond my reach. I want to grab it, but my limbs no longer obey my head. I know these are my final seconds, my last waking moments on this Earth.

Slowly my world turns black. My final wound leaks blood onto the ground beside me, but I feel nothing, just an empty, comfortable, detached feeling, as though my body is no longer part of me. The noises and the sights of battle slowly disappear, replaced by a warm, yet sterile calm. My world is now dark and those distant voices grow quiet. I think of the rolling fields of home, of my childhood, of those who meant so much to me, then, with my last gasp, I am there among them.

My time is over. For the first time in three years, I know peace.

Perfect peace.