Hall of Honour

It happens once in every year,
twice or thrice sometimes,
look at the ashes on the ground,
can you find the bones?!
that carried hidden responsibilities
of a father, a son or a brother,
all wrapped in a tricolor?
today, when the world was busy celebrating love,

it slowly died in the arms of a soldier,
bleeding its last salute as smoke
already burning on the pyre,
that ignited tears and soaked sorrows.
a wife is widowed,
a child is orphaned,
parents find shelter in old age homes,
the newspaper will be soaked in blood,
mixed with RDX,
mass coffins will be lined in place
and sent to respective homes with pride,
homes that are no longer homes,
a brick has been broken,
a void has been made,
they left with bones,
they came back in ashes,
And on the day that celebrates love, hatred prevailed.!!
44 The CRPF personnel was martyred in the Pulwama terror attack on 14th February 2019. Yes, that’s the day when everybody was busy celebrating Valentine’s day. But now, because of our attackers, we will know of 14th Feb as Black day too and nothing can beat that.