Redundant Soldier

So proud and confident was I
So many years ago
To tread the ground where battle blooms
Oh, how I loved it so
To have joined the ranks of which I held
So clear in high respect
I didn’t know the chance to fail
Would lead me to near-death

While I fought, I trained myself
To honestly believe
That winning was my only choice
Oh, I was so naïve!

The nurses took great care of me
They brought me back to life
My wounds still ached, my soul lost sight
Of that ever-distant light
My body was broken, I’d fight no more
Or so that’s what they said
But when they uttered those painful words
I was inches next to dead

I waved good-bye, I took a breath
As I stepped into the world
And within days, I had returned
To the battlefield I was hurled

Who would have thought that futures grave
Would draw me to that place
Where I almost died, but I survived
With all of His great grace.
And now I fought as fervently;
As hopeful as before
I still believed I’d win the fight
Who knows what is in store?

But if I die, or come so close
I know I’ll fight again
At heaven’s gates or farmer’s fields
I will try until the end

For I am the redundant soldier
I will not ever change
Even if the mortal fate will always
Always be the same