Bleeding and Shaking Hero

Tranquility means to me,
absolute frenzy;
How can peace abide,
With this soldier's weapon at his side?

A battle waged, against the depraved,
Another day of democracy saved;
Although the enemy's enormous, and I am small,
I stand, as my comrades fall.

Explosions and ricochets, my best friends die,
But a man cannot cry;
Fate had me long ago,
Destined to be this bleeding and shaking hero.