Hmmm, nice poetry...
I observe a rise and fall in intonation and then a sudden rise again on the last line.
At first it was a steady rise in form of sharp events around and then it drops tactically into pity and unhappiness.
One would however imagine that the poem ends on a sad note until the last line where the narrator actually seems to know his calling.
This is my creed; I am a soldier, warrior by choice, In this life and the next.
And by far the best line
RE: WAR: A SOLDIERS PRAYER PART II