Lost soldier, scuttle your courage,
Exorcise your ever-present demons;
Allow settlement to breach your mind's torment
And permeate the hell of your reality.
Repair the damaged battlements of your volatile soul;
Carpe diem let the day be yours
When you realize that innocence has leapt from you
And met its doom on the rocks below.
The rotted remains must be disinterred
And revived like the glorious, humbled phoenix.