I’ve felt death. The coldness takes over the whole body. There is no peace in this cold feeling. Life is so warm but as that warmth slips away darkness creeps in. The horror of what’s to come for all of our souls. I can’t stand it anymore I want to feel warm again. Please save me from this torture. I see it…that warmth again but it is not familiar. I have to go now to this new warmth. Goodbye, for...

A shot to the leg, but I’m still moving. Bullets rip through the air like bees in the summer, their sharp whine cutting through the chaos. I can’t stay in this position much longer. My team was just with me, but when the first shot rang out, it tore through my leg, and the firefight began.

God, my leg. Blood pours down, warm and slick, but there’s no time to dwell on it. I hear the sharp crack of...