TELL ME O' SOLDIERS!-----
While unheard, uncared, unsung dies a soldier on a foreign soil,
The dishonest and corrupt enjoy the fruits of his sweat and toil;
Tell me O' Soldiers! Do you think that you die for nation's cause?
Even though corocodile tears would be shed at your family's loss?
A soldier falls to bullets of insurgents in the jungles of North East,
Hardly anyone cares as if he was some kind of a sacrificial beast!
Tell me o' soldiers! How do you think you protect the constitution?
While the leaders you lay your life for, weaken its very foundations!
A soldier is killed on the snow capped mountains of Siachen glacier,
Grateful nation's duty ends when a citation is placed in his dossier;
Tell me O'soldiers! What is the value of the medal in dead man's life?
Civilians care not though your kin might get a false sense of pride!
A soldier is tasked to carry out search and destroy mission in Kashmir;
Human rights acivists concoct story of rape and shed corocodile tears;
Tell me O' soldiers! Are you from "Heavens" without any human vices?
Why do they expect Zero-Error conduct from you even in national crisis?
When the floods come or the earth quake hits, they ask for soldier's aid;
Even when a child falls in a pit, soldiers mustered like household maids;
Tell me O' soldiers! Do you know what bureaucrats about soldiers say?
They caustically remark that only fools and idiots join armed forces today.
Confused by false promises the veterans get divided into various factions,
To some of them, even pursuit of personal agenda becomes an attraction;
Tell me O' soldiers! Does 'one rank-one pension' has no meaning for you?
Dare they not forget "Rajee" : one day they would join veterans ranks, too?
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