Short Caught In The Crossfire Poems

crossfire 
©Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
10/31/2014



Caught in the crossfire 
He bought a Greek lyre ( we must admire)
He harped on and on–a liar...

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A soldier in battle
  Hears the  bullets rattle
  And is caught in the crossfire

 He is draped in the flag
  His medals turn to tags
  Silent and without desire

 Melancholy  speaks  truth
  Eternity meets youth
  Before his final salute...

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I'm available--
exposed.
Caught in the crossfire
of handshakes and smiles. 
The smoke grips my lungs.

I cannot oblige. 
I will not oblige. 

So I dream.
I elope with restlessness
into the fluid incubator.
I build my own prison
where I can be free....

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On the jagged edge of conflict
 The sharp blade of hate begins to show
 This hate boils over into war
 and blood begins to flow
 Fiery flashes of bomb blasts
 Light up the violent night
 Innocent civilians caught in the crossfire
 There are no solutions in sight...

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I was not mad at you

I was just frustrated by life

I did not man for you

To get caught in the crossfire

I did not want you to feel invisible

But I got absorbed in the struggle

The struggle of my life

And did not see your life enough

I did not want you to feel neglected

I just got lost in the distractions

Forgot my priorities and what’s really important

If you give me the chance

If you decide on forgiveness

I will give you reason to believe in me again....

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