Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

Why do you come to me
When there is a thunder storm
And hide under my bed
Not sleeping like
You usually do?


Why do you come to me
When the ugly sounds
Of the fire crackers
Litter the atmosphere
In the new year?


Don't tell me you fear
The noise more
Than the enemy
That come from behind
With the dagger in hand


My dear
It is only a big sound
Like when one taps
On an empty pot
But
It is the lightening that is
Deadly and fearful
And those who sound big
Are not as big as they appear to be


But when the Ceylon Krait
Landed on my shoulder
You were the first
To charge fearlessly
Like a true friend
But
Didn't you realize that
It was a big danger
Lying ahead


Don't you know
One of my favorite dogs
Before you
Died
Without any mercy
With a simple bite of a snake
When I was away
Doing night duties
In far away land


I could not have saved him
From the danger
By leaving him
Unattended
Having being
A selfish soul
Those days


But I am happy that
I saved you
For saving me
In the first instance


You are a true friend
In need
And I will
Call you hereafter
My thunderbolt
Indeed

17th October 2006
 

My Night Terror

It was many moons ago
I was just a kid
Barely seven years old
The war broke in

Yes, we were moved
From here to there
There wasn't a place
To hide
Except the trenches

I had four sisters
Two were taken for cadres
And rest were sent to
A far away place
Over and beyond the sea
I never saw them again

I was smuggled out
And grew up
In a Foreign Land

I grew up fast,
Very successful in
My academy
Met lot of
Guys and gals

One day,
I met a beautiful
Blue eyed girl
They used to say
Irish blue eyes

We fell in love
It was natural
Whenever I tried to
Kiss her
In her blue eyes,
Yes I saw
My Sisters eyes
In red, green
And dark shades

I could not
Bear it
We broke up
As friends
Promising never to
Kiss again!

Many moons passed
I met a gal
Much older
We were in bed
In no time

But the moment
We were under the blanket
I had a night terrors
"Crawling in,
Dark trenches
Bombs falling
Near by"
It was horrible

She had gone
Secretly
In the morning
Leaving a note
Please take treatment
For night terrors

Very morning,
I booked
A ticket home
To see my
Aging mother

Yes,
I was dreaming
I had never seen a bomb
Or a trench in my life
Why I am dreaming
Like this?

If my night terror
Was not bad enough,
How could it had been
The days and nights

For the guys and gals
Of the Yesteryear War?
Living without a roof,

I wonder?