if I don't make it home:
If I don't make it home, please remember it wasn't because I didn't try.
The last thing I wanted was to make you cry.
I wanted more than anything to make it back to you,
But there was a job I just had to do.
As you were sleeping through the night,
We woke to the sound of gunfire; and I knew this would be my last fight.
It's my job to keep you safe and free,
And to do that I will give every ounce of me.
I am a soldier who...