A Soldier's Dream

By Pramoth Adhivarahan

Everyone works from nine to five

While I stand on mountain heights

Or in the heart of never ending sand

Death follows me wherever I go

In the dusty lands or in the cold snow

I wait and watch out for the dreadful shower

Of the dark bullets and black gunpowder

As the night descends, the situation worsens

I try to think of my new born son and

All the games she is playing with him

Her pretty face comes before my eyes

Enough to drive me to tears

A bullet flies past me

Hits a nearby tree

Waking me up from my dreams

Pushing me into the dark reality

But then I realize

It is for HER I am here

To protect Her body, to protect HER soul

Nothing can shake me from reaching this goal

It is my only wish that

When I am gone

Not one but two should be there

To blind the evil eyes that dare

To touch my country

Which to me is so dear.