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Immortal Soldiers - Part 1
by Nikhil Parekh - Indian Poet → (All Poetry by Nikhil Parekh - Indian Poet)
Thursday, March 17, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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 They ran on frozen ice; draping their bodies in threadbare minimum of inexpensive cloth, 

Took their positions scrupulously behind incoherent lumps; aiming dead straight with their missiles.
 
They hardly paid attention to food; surviving on parsimonious amounts of water
compounded with intermittent meals, 
Swirled their eyes rampantly in all directions; trying to track the slightest of movement; the most inconspicuous of sound.
 
They didn't budge an inch at the sound of bullet firing; instead retorted back
with indiscriminate gunfire of their own, 
Belligerently attacking with their grenades and tanks; trying vehemently to
push back the infiltrators.
 
They used their fists onerously to dig furrows in the snow; sequestering
themselves from the opposite camp, 
Used every trick in their armory to entice the intruders; before mercilessly
assassinating them.
 
They constructed their camps in the inclement cold; dexterously spreading the
heaps of canvas they had onerously carried on their shoulder, 
Listened diligently to crisp voices emanating from their walkie talkies; 
endeavoring to adhere to every command of their seniors as stringently as
possible.
 
They were quite accustomed to the obstreperous noise echoing far and distant
throughout the valley; as it was an indispensable part of their lives, 
Incessantly chalked plans to capture their adversaries with surprise; without
giving them the tiniest of insinuation.
 
They hardly talked about their miseries; the streams of blood trickling 
down their bare palms, 
Instead courageously pepped up each other; envisaging the sweetness of victory; applying cold water to their wounds as an antiseptic medicine.
 
They audaciously struck their swords into their opponents chest; remaining
unperturbed by the tyrannical gasps of profound anguish, 
Took several soldiers at a time; still remaining invincibly triumphant in the
end.
 
 
They remembered their families on infinite occasions of time; nostalgically
reviving the blissful moments they had spent back home, 
However phlegmatically shrug such thoughts away; when they saw them interfering with the safety of their country.
 
They were unrelentingly fighting to save their nation; at prime cost of sacrificing their lives; ensuring that a majority of their population rested cozily in their homes, 
I considered myself nowhere near the most obscure fractions of their shadows; 
as I was dying every moment to save my cowardly life, 
While they lived for centuries unprecedented even after death; as they had
deservedly earned the proud status of being 'IMMORTAL SOLDIERS'.

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