Brave

By Lagnajita Mohanty

I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BRAVE AS THEY ARE

I WISH I HAD THAT VALOUR AS THEY HAVE

THE PROTECTORS OF OUR SOIL AND FIGHTERS OF OUR MOTHERLAND

I SALUTE YOU AND I PRAY FOR YOU

I WAS SO TANGLED IN MY OWN PROBLEMS THAT I DIDN’T BOTHER TO THINK ABOUT YOU

THE BRAVE SOLDIERS HAVE IT SO HARD WHICH A NORMAL MAN CAN’T EVEN FATHOM

THE SCORCHING HEAT, THE FREEZING COLD AND THE THUNDEROUS STORM DON’T DETER THEM

THEY STAND TALL AND STRONG TAKING ALL THAT IS THROWN AT THEM

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EVERYTIME THREAT COMES, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THEIR OWN LIFE

THE THOUGHT OF SAVING THEIR MOTHERLAND IS ALL THAT’S IN THEIR MIND

I SALUTE THEIR PARENTS FOR BRINGING SUCH BRAVE MEN TO THE EARTH

I SALUTE THEIR WIVES FOR WAITING PATIENTLY TO SEE THEIR BRAVE HUSBANDS

I RIDICULE MYSELF FOR BEING SCARED OVER SMALL VAGUE THINGS

WHILE OUR SOLDIERS LIVE LIFE WITH A GUN POINTED AT THEM MOST OF THE TIME

THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE THE LAST SUN THEY SEE

THEY DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL MEET THEIR FAMILY NEXT

OUR COUNTRY COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF THEM

THEY HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE COUNTRYMEN , MORE THAN WHAT WE DESERVE

I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL A LUMP IN MY THROAT

I CRY KNOWINGLY THAT I CAN’T DO ANYTHING FOR THEM EXCEPT PRAY

BUT I WLL, FROM NOW ON RESPECT THE SACRIFICES THEY HAVE MADE FOR US AND OUR AFETY

I WILL THRIVE AND RISE AGAINST ALL ODDS AND BE THE PERSON WORTH THEIR TROUBLES

I WON’T BE SCARED ANYMORE AND I WILL BE BRAVE

I WILL BECOME THE PROUD CITIZEN OF MY MOTHERLAND FOR WHICH THEY ARE FIGHTING SO HARD

By Lagnajita Mohanty