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  1. Lalithambigai

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    We both left home at 18.
    You cleared JEE,
    I got recommended.
    You got IIT,
    I got into defence.
    You pursued your degree,
    I had the toughest training.
    Your day started at 7 and ended at 5,
    Mine started at 4 till 9 and
    Some nights also included.
    You had your convocation ceremony,
    I had my POP.
    Best company took you and
    Best package was awarded,
    I was ordered to join my paltan
    With 2 stars piped on my shoulders.
    You got a job,
    I got a way of life.
    Every eve you got to see your family,
    I just wished i got to see my parents soon.
    You celebrated festivals with lights and music,
    I celebrated with my comrade in bunkers.
    We both married,
    Your wife got to see you everyday,
    My wife just wished i was alive.
    You were sent to business trips,
    I was sent on line of control.
    We both returned,
    Both wives couldn't control their tears, but
    You wiped her but,
    I couldn't.
    You hugged her but,
    I couldn't.
    Because I was lying in the coffin,
    With medals on my chest and,
    Coffin wrapped with tricolour.
    My way of life ended,
    Your continued.
    We both left home at 18.

    Dedicated to all the martyrs. May their souls rest in peace! My heart goes out to their families.

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    Source: WhatsApp forwards
     
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    My heart bleeds for these martyrs. RIP.

    @Lalithambigai ,
    Very well written. You have brought out the differences between a soldier and a commoner very well.:clap2:
     
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    @GeetaKashyap I do not know who wrote the poem but got it as a forward on WhatsApp and couldn't stop myself from sharing it here. I was overwhelmed. Indeed it is very well written, full credit to the original author of this lovely poem!
     
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    Ah! My apologies. I thought you wrote this poetry! Anyways, thanks for the share.
     
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    Thank you for the share ma'am @Lalithambigai .

    Let the martyrs soul rest is peace and their family get the strength to over come their pain. May God stay with them.

    Just my thought I guess we don't really have to compare with commoner life. Each one have their own up and downs
    One can do only what is possible by him. There is lot more struggles both have to over come in their life.
    Certainly none can ignore the service of the solider :worship2: without whom we can't live in peace.

    My sincere prayers!! No more such tragedies :(
     
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    Martyr Capt Vinayak Gore's mother's motivating words.
     
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    Speechless. ***Goosebumps***
     
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    My mom forwarded this to me. In that version it said this was shared by a student, Advit Verma of Army Public School, Ambala Cantt. I can't say how true that is. Just adding it here as a potential source. Though it does seem like it was written by a fauji or a fauji kid. Certain terms like POP are not commonly known outside the army. POP is the Passing Out Parade of the National Defence Academy in Pune.
     
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    Heart touching reality :coldsweat:
     
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