The Other Perspective

Running away from the mercenaries,

Dodging away from the fire of artillery,

I ran a thousand miles,

How quick the time flies!.

After running for a bit further,

I approached the other countries border,

I looked around,

I didn’t hear a sound.

All of a sudden I got hit by a hummer,

I didn’t notice the sentry at the frontier,

There was blood all around,

My pain was the only sound.

Pain seared up to my brain,

I broke up and fell under the strain.

Days later I woke up darkness,

Stench imposed a olfactory blackness,

Screams of the guards were the only signs of life,

It was like being there in hell, Alive.

Prisoners were brought out and shot in the head,

Simultaneously till they were dead,

Their pain and misery in the last moments,

Ghosted my bedeviled head.

Days later my turn came,

To get sacrificed,

My head got hotter than a flame,

I got rooted on the spot and got traumatized.

There I stand eyes blind folded,

To get shot by the firing squad,

I stood there deep rooted waiting for the moment,

Fire!, was the order that came by the head of infantry.

Bullets sieved my body,

As if I were a paper piece,

Instantly I made peace with God Almighty!,

Seconds later I fell down, becoming a piece of earth.

There are blunders war can do,

Killing people like me,

In return for my sacrifice,

My family commits suicide.

God, if you are listening to me,

Save everyone else from the tragedy,

A man killed for a man,

Only leaves the world empty!.

[Dedicated to all those prisoners of war who lost their lives for the sake of their country]

Waking up after a dream,

After the aftermath disappeared, it was then,

I heard my heart letting out a scream,

Bemused, I tried to ignore it!.

Coming onto the road,

I find couples happy with glee,

Walking hand in hand,

Ignoring about what’s going around!.

And I stood in the center of the road,

Trying to garner some attention,

But all of them just drifted pass.

Deeper inside my heart,

I found a person depressed cause of the lack of love,

And oppressed of the harsh days gone pass,

And it’s then I try finding the Love, which I missed from time unknown.

Treading like a Lion on a hunt,

I go behind every girl who is alone,

It’s only then I realize, that all the girls up there are not alone!,

And it’s then realize the bitter truth of being all alone.

I wished God to send a girl from up above,

Only to find my prayer’s unanswered,

And Yes!, also let down in the harsh sun!

And I try with all my might,

To find a girl brimmed with innocence,

But all my attempts go in a vain,

And there is none with whom I can share my plight!.

Sulking, I sat on the branch of a tree,

And heard the wails of the voice within,

As I tried to console him,

I experienced all the pain he has gone through!.

And I got down to wash my face in the rain,

As a precaution to hide my tears,

And find a Lady Love for whom I was searching since years!.

[Consider this the continuation of the poem, The Existence of a Mysterious Girl. And also this is going to be one of my las t poems on love!, don't forget to leave a comment!]

Thanks to Ravindra who helped me to make this post a possibility, by saving my computer from a software crash!

[Disclaimer: This post is truly imaginative and I don't mean any disrespect to the women out there. ]

Walking down the vast green fields,

I was admiring its purity,

Birds flying high up against the serene skies,

The wind was blowing past swaying the plant majority,

This is truly the world of my fantasies!

All of a sudden I saw a Girl go past,

Chasing the wind playfully,

As she hopped towards the sky,

My heart skipped a beat,

And it said, for Her I should try.

Without a thought I shot behind, into the outstretched fields!

There She was yards ahead,

Covered in the Heavenly White,

And hair so dark that it fluttered in the air,

I followed the footsteps of her divine feet,

I was not looking where I was going, I followed her though, Blindly!

Running behind was all I did as She was ahead of me,

I was like a kid running rainbow's,

Trying to catch the end,

The faster I ran behind,

The farther She moved from me!

And all I managed to do is run behind, far behind!

I ran till I reached the end of the field,

And kept on running,

As Hard Work will have its yield,

The sun got hotter up,

As I crossed the final boundary!.

It was then I realized I was in the desert,

Far away from where a man can live,

As the desert sand had slackened her speed,

And reached out to her from behind,

It was then I noticed she was nothing but a Mirage on the run!

And I was let down, in the harsh desert sun!