Clear to Engage

Grid marked

Laser on

I've got eyes

They're in the zone

Stacked above

Wings on hold

And I'm the one

Who breaks the cold

Coordinates set

Friendlies close

One klick south

Pressure grows

Pinned and bleeding

Clock runs dry

Pilot says

Your call

I reply

Fire

Clear to engage

I call the flame

My voice, their fate

No one remembers my name

I don't shoot

I don't reload

But I end it

From a thousand miles cold

Second pass

Offset five

I see the burst

They don't survive

A bloom of dust

A final fall

Then quiet

Then nothing

Then the call

Clear to engage

I call the flame

My voice, their fate

No one remembers my name

I don't shoot

I don't reload

But I end it

From a thousand miles cold

I never saw their eyes

Just heat

Numbers glowing

Flesh gone neat

It's easier

To walk away

When you erase

What you betray

Clear to engage

But it's me who burns

I drew the line

I gave the word

No medals

No face

No prayer

Just dust

And the echo of flame