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TO THOSE WHO DIED & THOSE WHO SAVED & THOSE WHO ONLY STARED……
If not for you,
I would have never known
How Courage transforms men
In times of greatest fear
If not for you
I would have never known
My country’s real Heroes
Who care not for their own
But save the lives of men unknown
If not for you,
I would have never known
The shamelessness of men
who watch the burning show
as if it were a thing
that happens now and then
If not for you,
I would have never known
A servant’s true loyalty,
To save a two-year old
From horror, none would ever know,
Had she to run alone
If not for you,
I would have never known
How 21 year olds -
The worst of Frankensteins -
Could pulverize a modern world!
If not for you,
I would have never known
That the managers of Hell
Have spread their tentacles
Into our daily world –
“No place is safe no more”
If not for you,
I would have never known
That killing one another
In the garb of religion
Could seem so meaningless
When terror strikes –
which has NO religion
If not for you,
I would have never known
Unity can still prevail
Amidst the people of my land
If only one would have
Leaders like once upon a time
It is to YOU -
O’ soldier in the uniform,
and even ‘sans’ a uniform -
that I pay obeisance, and cry
with humility and also pride
and say :
“MERA BHARAT MAHAAN”!!
--Ms. Monica Aurora [A dear friend's mom]
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