Hellfire Descent

I stand at the edge, the void calls my name!
Engines roar, skies burn, no time for shame!
The war machine screams, my heart’s pounding fast!
Into the black, my soul’s cast!

The hatch rips open, a maw in the night,
Flak bursts around me, shredding the sky.
Tracers like demons, they claw at my soul,
A thousand red eyes in this hellfire’s glow.
My pulse is a hammer, my breath’s razor-thin,
The ground down below is a graveyard of sin.
I grip my chute tight, my knuckles turn white,
Will I see dawn, or be lost to the fight?

I’m falling! Plummeting through the abyss!
Bullets scream past, death’s venomous kiss!
The night’s alive with the war’s bloody roar,
Will I survive to see home evermore?

My life flashes fast, like a blade through my mind,
Mom’s laughter, dad’s pride, the home left behind.
My sweetheart’s soft eyes, her whisper, her touch,
Her letters in my pocket, they’re all that I clutch.
The ground rushes closer, a jaws of despair,
Enemies waiting, their hate fills the air.
I’m steel in my core, but my fear’s breaking free,
God, am I doomed to be dust in this sea?

I’m falling! Into the jaws of the fray!
Flak tears the heavens, no light, no way!
My heart screams her name as the ground draws near,
Will I die in this chaos, consumed by my fear?

The wind howls my requiem, cold as the grave,
Each breath is a battle, each thought is a slave.
I see my old dog, my first kiss, my sins,
Every choice that I made, where my story begins.
But the war doesn’t care for the man that I am,
Just a speck in the dark, just a spark in the damn!

The chute jerks me hard, like a noose on my chest,
A puppet of fate in this merciless test.
The ground’s a black sea, full of fangs and of flame,
Each shadow below screams my death or my name.
I whisper her promise, “I’ll come back to you,”
But the bullets don’t care, and the flak’s breaking through.
My life’s on the line, just a thread in the storm,
Will I rise from this hell, or be forever torn?

I’m falling! Through the heart of the fight!
The sky’s raining death in the dead of the night!
Her face is my anchor, my shield, my cry,
Will I live through this drop, or be doomed to die?

I’m falling! My soul’s torn apart!
The war’s hungry maw wants to rip out my heart!
I scream to the void, to the gods, to her name,
If I die in this darkness, I’ll burn through the flame!

Plummet to the abyss, my fate’s in the dirt,
A warrior’s heart, scarred, bleeding, and hurt.
If I fall, let her know I fought hard to the end,
In the dark, in the fire, my love I’ll defend.

©2025 Hugh Mungus