When the time comes

I have seen so many lives drift away,

Before my weeping eyes

I silently curse myself because I couldn't save them all

I always knew the time would come

When I'd be swept away to be with angels

But I never thought it would be so soon

Out in that volatile place, I wondered how I'd go.

A bullet, a mine or a shell?

I never would have guessed it would have been encased in mud

As I slowly sunk into that foreign, hostile soil

I swear I could have heard a voice

Saying "come young man, come my friend"

My breath caught as it past my lips

I felt as though I was floating

It was then that I learned of what I was to do

This stranger appeared and smiled at me

Saying it was not my time to go

And then he took my hand we vanished.

From that time forward

I have been serving others

Keeping them safe from harm

They may not know it

But they have been blest

For the time came and they received me, their guardian angel