The Warrior Poem by RONY PATRA

The Warrior



When the light is afar, and darkness near
The human mind is not averse to fear
The clouds of terror block out the safe sky
And roar ominously with an evil eye

There is a heavy rain of guns and bombs
That leads to many premature tombs
Another round follows, and then another
Earth cringes in fear like no other

In such times, there emerges a ray of hope
The Warrior appears from nowhere to cope
With distressing stamina of devilish force
That threatens to run its full evil course

Wearing the cloak of cold, forced fortitude
The Warrior fights with kind, or in solitude
Against the demons his machine-guns roar
And the morale of the people tends to soar

Fighting brain with brain, and brawn with brawn
He gives the multitude the dream of a new dawn
His family fears for him, but cheers him to glory
While he slays the Satans and makes history

Strikes and counter-strikes come thick and fast
And the Warrior vows to take it to the last
While the devilish predators wait to pounce
He uses all his valour-yea, every ounce

At long last, the battle rages to a bloody end
Bodies lie strewn at every curvaceous bend
Many villains have been wiped out by this ignoble strife
But the Warrior has paid Victory’s price with his life

A nation slips into grief, the sobs are uncontrolled
But it should not fear-many more Warriors untold
Still slay the terror-clouds and wipe out distress
To guard our country, put it on the path to progress

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dyuti Banerjee 30 August 2009

well, though i LOVE this, i'll try to be as critical as possible....OK? the thing is: why must the warrior be just fighting the same old Good v/s Evil War? ? the demons of his own mind....the struggle with his own conscience, the grappling and gambling with fate...you know... the country needs to be aware that it ain't a Mono-Saviour that can do the job...it's all of us, who got to get up together and do it...the notion of a Warrior wading his way through his enemies' blood, and stuff like that gets somewhat Macbethian, don't you think? why don't you remove your warrior from this structure of Good and Evil...? ? but, whatever,1st reading reaction...i really LOVED it! ! ! =])

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Siliguri, West Bengal, India
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