A SMALL PAIN IN MY CHEST

I] THE POEM IS ANTI-WAR. WARS

LEAVE PHYSICAL & MENTAL SCARS
THAT HAVNT SURVIVORS &
.. INVOLVED IN BATTLES.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE PHYSICAL &
PSYCOLOGICAL AGONY OF
SOLDIERS BESIDES THE
EMOTIONAL PAIN.
THESE MEN FACE TERRIBLE
CONDITIONS ON THE WARFRONT
WITHOUT FOOD, WATER & REST
FOR DAYS.THERE IS A FEAR THAT
THEY MAY NEVER UNITE WITH
THEIR FAMILIES LONLINESS &
HOMESICKNESS & FACED
EVERYDAY.THE FAMILIES OF THE
SOLDIERS TOO LIVE IN THE HOPE
THAT THEIR LOVED ONES ARE
SAFE.
THE NARRATOR .
.. A SOLDIER SITTING
PEACEFULLY & CALMLY UNDER A
TREE. AS THE NARRATOR WALKED
TOWARDS HIM, THE SOLDIER
BECKONED TO HIM. IN THE LIGHT
OF THE DAWN, THE NARRATOR
SAW A NUMBER OF SOLDIERS
LYING DEAD ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
THEY HAD FOUGHT A LONG &
DIFFICULT BATTLE ALL NIGHT &
DIED FIGHTING.
THE SOLDIER WAS TRYING TO
SMILE, HIDING HIS PAIN & ASKING
FOR HELP. HE WANTED A SIP OF
WATER. HE COMPLAINED OF A
SMALL PAIN IN THE CHEST WHICH
WOULD EASE WITH A SIP OF
WATER.
THERE WAS A LARGE REDDISHBROWN STAIN OF BLOOD ON THE
SOLDIERS SHIRTA MIXTURE OF
BLOOD & DIRT. ASIAN DIRT
REFERS TO THE SOIL OF VIETNAM
WHERE AMERICA FOUGHT A LONG
WAR TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF

COMMUNISM. THE SOLDIER TELLS

THE NARRATOR THAT HE IS
LUCKIER THAN HIS FELLOW
SOLDIERS AS THEY DIED BUT HE
SURVIVED WITH ONLY A SMALL
PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

II] THE SOLDIER SMILES WEAKLY,

FEELS HE IS GETTING OLD.
INSPITE OF THE SUNSHINE HE IS
FEELING COLD.HE SAYS THAT A
TROOP OF 200 SOLDIERS WAS
CLIMBING THE HILLWHEN THERE
WAS AN EXPLOSION AT THE TOP &
HE COULD FEEL THE PAIN IN HIS
CHESTHE SUFFERED AN INJURY
IN THE EXPLOSION
HE TELLS THE NARRATOR HE
TRIED TO GET HELP BUT FOUND
BIG CRATERS IN THE EARTH &
DEAD BODIES .. AROUND.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE
FIRING AT HIS ENEMY DUE TO THE
PAIN & FINALLY GAVE UP & SAT
DOWN.
HE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO THE
NARRATOR FOR GIVING HIM HIS
CANTEEN. HE SMILES AT THE
NARRATOR WHO TELLS IT IS THE
BRIGHTEST SMILE HE HAS SEEN.
THE SOLDIER THINKS ABOUT HIS
FAMILYWONDERS WHAT HIS
WIFE & MOTHER WOULD THINK OF
HIM SITTING HELPLESSLY
DEFEATED BY A PAIN (IT WAS A
FOREIGN L& WHERE THE BATTLE
WAS FOUGHT)
THE SOLDIERS LIFE WAS EBBING,
HIS SIGHT HAD BEGUN TO FADE,
HE SAW DARKNESS EVERYWHERE,
GRIMACING WITH PAIN, HE SAW
THE SUN GROWING DIM &
DARKNESS ENGULFED THE DAY.

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A SMALL PAIN IN MY CHEST

HE CANNOT GO FURTHER, HE
WANTED TO NEST, SOONAFTER HE
DOES QUITELY. THE FATAL
WOUNDS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR
HIM TO GO ON, HE FAINTED,
SEEING DARKNESS.

EMBRACE, HE COULD FEEL THE

WOUNDS PRESSED AGAINST EACH
OTHER. THE LARGE PAIN IN HIS
HEART & THE SOLDIERS LIFE
COMING TO AN END.

THE NARRATOR PUT HIS ARMS

AROUND HIM,HELD HIM IN CLOSE

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