Love Poem: Life of a Soldier
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Written by: Niladri Sekhar Pal

Life of a Soldier

BLIZZARDS  PERSISTENT  FOR  SEVERAL  DAYS , HOSTILITIES  BEGUN  BY CONSTANT  CEASEFIRES .
ENEMIES  STRIVING  HARD  TO  OCCUPY  NO - MAN’S - LAND ,
IS  OF  GREAT  ADVANTAGE  TO  ANNEX  AND  BE  WORTH.
HUGE  CORPS  DEPLOYED , AIR – BASES  SET  UP , ANY  MOMENT  WAR  MAY  DECLARE .
COLONEL  ORDERED  TO  INFORM  RELATIVES ,  ON  A  SPECIAL  TRAINING , MOBILES  NOT  ALLOWED . 
SIX  PERSONNEL  MARTYRED – INCLUDING  A  MAJOR.
RHANDRA , A  WEEK  LATER , MARRIAGE  WAS  FIXED , TWELVE  YEARS  OF  INSEPARABLENESS , DEVIATED  BY  A  BULLET . 
THE  ONLY  BREAD  WINNER  OF  FOUR  SISTERS  AND  OLD PARALYSED  MOTHER  ,  NO  MORE  WITH  US . 
BODY  DROWNED  BY SNOWY  LAYERS , FUTILE  TO  UNEARTH . 
I  OPENED  THE CRATE , SAW  THE BARBIE  DOLL , MY DAUGHTER  ASSERTED  FOR ,
A  VALIANT  MILITARY  BRAT , SELDOM  WE  CAN  FIND . 
PROUD  OF  HER  FATHER ,  BRASH  AND  MIGHTY ,
WOULD  NOT  SHADE  TEARS  IF  I  DIE  ON  DUTY . 
MY  WIFE  WILL  CRY , BUT  NOT  TO  WORRY , 
I  HAVE  A  SCION ,  AS  BOLD  AS  COURAGEOUS ,
IN  MY  ABSENCE  WILL  BRING  HOME  THE  BACON . 
WITH  INJURY  IN  LEG  TODAY  I  MAY  REPLETE , BUT  WITHOUT  DEFEATING  THE  ENEMIES  WE  CANNOT  SUCCEED . 
I  AM  A  SOLDIER – AT – ARMS , BORN  TO  PROTECT  MOTHERLAND ,
TODAY  I  AM  BREATHING , TOMORROW  MAY  NOT  SUBSIST.