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A Medic's Heart

The battlefield was bloody, there were bullets everywhere
You could hear the SOUND of chaos, it seemed to penetrate the air.

My job as a medic was to do ALL that I could do
To save a wounded life and help them make it through.

But there were times that even I, had NO role to play
For death would come to ravage and steal a life away!

In anguish I cried out ~ "Where are You, my God"
"Why have you left me helpless ~ Why don't You make it stop?"

In confusion I felt anger as I watched the soldiers die
For I could not understand and there was no time to cry.

Now, the battlefield's behind me, only memories plague my mind
But my heart is slowly healing through God's comfort that I find.

You see, I KNOW that God was with me, He NEVER left my side
And HE was with EACH soldier the moment that they died.

So even though it's difficult to understand it all
I cannot turn my back nor run away from God.

For someday He will tell my ~ WHY it had to be
Why others died in my arms, yet no harm came to me.

Maybe God selected ME to comfort, soothe and calm
Until He, Himself, could come, and wrap them in HIS arms.

So, for WHATEVER reason, my heart will lean on Him
For His ways are not my ways and my ways are not His!

Yes, Only Jesus has the answers ~ Only HE will hold the key
To everything in this life that takes it's burdened toll on me!

Written For Corpsman and Medics
2003

Terese Holloway