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Lakshmi Menon

Inspirational Others

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Lakshmi Menon

Inspirational Others

Soldier!!!

Soldier!!!

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He set out marching in the deadly cold,

Armed with gloves, gum boots and a white furry overcoat,

His mind instructing his body to condition to the extreme,

Only because of his stubborn resolve to follow his dream.


He was in Siachen, the sea level ?? 18000 feet below,

To get there he had waded through waist deep snow,

Strong winds gave him company, the trek was infuriatingly slow,

The air was thin, the oxygen levels were dangerously low.


Here it often snowed, and when it did, he took shelter in a shack,

A make shift protection, a few logs tactfully stacked,

The temperature fell to as low as - 60 degrees,

Nature was throwing a challenge, testing him, it seemed.


He longed for a sip of a hot drink and a decent meal,

Instead, he got a frozen block of juice and eggs as hard as steel,

He used a hammer to chop, the vegetables were hard as rocks,

Even boiling water turned to ice, within minutes of switching the heater off.


For company, a few miles away, there were a few of his kind,

Like him, they also had grit written all over their body and mind,

The loneliness could make one barbaric, forget what it is to be kind,

A few weeks here, one could become insane and completely lose his mind.


He stood guarding his post, an expanse of snow for miles around,

His mind started playing tricks, in this hostile background,

The chill threatened to numb his senses, leave him paralyzed on the ground,

If his body gave up here, he knew, he would never be found,


The landscape was treacherous, in this unfriendly, snowy glacier,

Equally treacherous was the enemy, eyeing him from across the border.

One wrong move and he could become the target of the enemy's bullet,

He had to keep his body warm and stay fully alert.


His body charged up, at the thought of the sacrifices made by his army brothers,

His mind took him home, he basked in the warmth of the love showered by his mother,

He could smell the intoxicating fragrance of his wife's freshly shampooed hair,

He saw his kids smiling, he felt their support, they were with him - right there.


He vowed to survive this nightmare, get out alive from this hell,

But for how long he would be here, he could never tell,

As long as he was here, he knew his motherland was safe,

He would never give up, even if he had to sacrifice his life.


What made him come here?? You might wonder,

It was his sense of duty, he willingly took it up, on his shoulders,

Giving up the luxuries of life, he chose to become a protector,

For his country he pledged his life, he is a brave Indian soldier!


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