As a kid I always wished to join the Defence System. But saala height aur weight se maar kha gayi. So I had no option but take up something where my thin frame would not pose an issue. I still harbour great respect for the Defence System and always secretly wish to marry a Army guy ;-)
Anyways back to the poem. We had a subject called 'Radio andTV' in BMM. As a part of an assignment, we were told to make promotional campaigns for any topic that was close to our heart and create a talk show for the topic. Since I am curious about the Defence System and their secrets, I thought of a concept where I would grill the Army officers and others from a particular contigency and get the real story out of them. for this purpose I made this poem and used it as a spot for the publicity of my imaginary show. My professor loved the poem (though i donoo why)...anyways even I was proud of my first poem, so I thought of putting it up on the blog :-)
In snow-clad mountains they fight,
Under a cozy quilt we sleep tight,
When they battle they know no day no night,
As they strive to make our day beautiful and bright,
If for them, every day is a step towards grave,
Then should we not remember the brave?
If dying for the motherland is their duty,
Then in respecting their service lies our humane beauty,
So let’s together hear out the Indian Army lore’s,
As it will be sung by our unsung heroes.
-Gayathri
