Enemy

By Jayanta Biswas

You shoot; you fire

you slit someone's throat

fiercely brandish a sword

or gun down an ominous fighter.

Do you know who he is?

Do you really know your enemy?

I know it is a battle

maybe a little skirmish

or a war of huge proportions.

Maybe it is a necessity

or it needs to regain lost glory.

But tell me is it really important?

Might be it is fated:

the battle needs to purify

or to cleanse the filth,

the deceits and tricks played,

the cunning and lies laid bare.

This is for reorder and peace.

Think of the battle of Kurukhestra

as one finds in the Mahabharata:

the task to shoot or kill

becomes so difficult and full of pain

that they all are a part of you

you are bound to become an Arjuna.

Seems like lack of identity helps:

you find it easy to hurl a missile

or ravage their land with your tanks--

all so orchestrated and planned.

But, do you know your real enemy?

It is your unknown fear deeply set within.

This is where it all starts

this is where most of these originate

with time and a little maneuvering in events

it climbs through the spine--base to top

then it slowly creeps into one's brain:

when time is ripe it plays a wargame.

You may be a dictator

or a mighty and valiant king

or someone whom the nation loves:

but if you have started the game

it sure is due to your fear--

an unknown fear that is never challenged.

You may fight back like an Arjuna--

you may love and still sling arms;

or even may not like a Jesus--

you may love and honestly forgive them:

whether you have enemy or not

depends on how stoic or sincere you are.

By Jayanta Biswas