La Poème - Runner's Up!!

Runner's Up !!!!

Description : This composition promotes a situation where neither of the parties actually end up winning the battle and the field is left with no one to experience the win, hence named Runner's Up. 

Content :

General Calling, Charles-O-Three-
How good is thy conquest !
"Fifteen down; No one free,
The team is at it's best."
Fred Hopes dropped, the caller off,
his army rushed inside,
Fumbled when a grenade bomb
There wasn't a place to hide.
Face burnt, body disband;
Hopes turned his eye
Blood wrapped the surface of sand;
All his men had died.

Across the desert the terrain was rocky,
Four equipped enemies showed.
Hopes picked up his walkie-talkie,
No communication followed.
Artillery exhausted and enemies approaching,
He hid behind a crumbled jeep.
Injuries did him in.
He knew it was time to sleep.
No weapons but a nade,
a chewing gum and an empty sheath.
Late would be military aid.
He cut the key with his teeth.

No time passing spot was Fred;
They shot full magazines at the soldier.
Bullets pierced his heart. Now, he was dead.
The evening dropped in colder.
One enemy found the darker side of fate,
Fallen was the nade decoded.
Time did not wait ----
The bomb exploded.
Finally finished, has a dispute so sober,
Alive remain no assassin.
Win has come, the war is over;
but no one to celebrate the win !!!!! 

- written edited and directed by Dibyendu Maji a.k.a. Kris on 14 December, 2019.

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