Love Poem: Soldiers
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Written by: Sitabz Garg

Soldiers

We ran deep into the woods 
 from the other side of the wire
 an enemy came with me. 
Stripping our uniforms bare 
we hid in the river
A mouthful of oxygen from an enemy's lung 
And in an embrace ,
We floated in the liquid sky 
Above us the fire flowered
With its thousand tongues 
raving in riot.

We ran deeper and in the night we made a fire huddled around it
I sang a song
I don't think he understood a word 
He liked it though 
I can tell .

Deep in the woods
The enemy slept peacefully
 as I kept guard
The fire weakened 
I let it wane 
And in a dim light
The movie started 
In the forest ,
By the lake
I watched for hours 
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman dance.
Deep in the woods, 
We were all in Casablanca


(...
the fundamental things apply 
As time goes by...)