War's Vision - 3

War's Vision - 3

Back at home base
Recovered from their mission;
These Special troops, the best there are
Face somber days ahead.

Their "Mickey's" gone
His premed studies ended;
Where he's at now
He'll trade his sniper scope
For the scope he'd always wanted.

Pieces of Joe Franks' bird
Lain out inside hushed hangar;
Autopsy to be performed
On this, his first coffin.

Joe Franks left much behind;
An unfinished doctoral thesis
A young surgeon wife
Precocious daughters, 8 and 5.

This Special troop gets much done
Funeral details performed, lost family adopted;
Missing troops are never replaced
Their vacant positions only filled.

Class work and training resumes
Lives' threads picked up;
Meanwhile, their next mission calls
Perpetual war grinds on...

© Leon Brozyna 2005


Author's Note: This concludes the trilogy.
A remembrance of every branch's Special Ops
Forces; among the finest specimens of humanity
it was my honor to support.