~an excerpt from a soldier's diary ~

To the Universal Peace,
i send thousand greetings!
And to the loving faces,
I send heartfelt wishes...

to those half forgotten ocean-streets,
Where once i used to dwell
As a mermaid, bejewelled,
I send hundred sounds of conch shell,
in a coral envelope....

Will the air tell me about the delivery,
Can the sea send me a receipt -
That my tidings have reached the destination,
It always wanted to be...

In this blood-hewn, scream filled barrack,
Who shall tell me about it...

May be the hidden lamp in my heart
Will light my dinghy sphere...
But what happens when i gradually lose eye sight...

This battlefield...
Will it be the last abode of this life-time......