Into oblivion

I send my regards

to you dear stranger

whose name lies forgotten

in the deep history of the gone.

You kept the light of your valor
burning bright
for the lives of your countrymen
to be filled with eternal light.

You treated them like an old companion
the mortar and shell
While being conscious of the truth
that they made your world a horrid hell. 

While I light the lanterns

And send them to the sky

Your son looks up there

and still wishes for one last goodbye.

You bid an adieu to the world

which does not even know your name

But you chose to keep it that way

staying away from all the fame.

You renounced your life
overlooking thy loved ones pain
But Oh dear soldier!
all of that seems to have gone in vain.

I pray to the Almighty
that he may bestow your son and wife
with the spirit to accept the
legacy of your majestic life.


-Saumya Dubey.