The Last Night

War separates two lovers

Don’t go, my love!

Not today, not this night

Remember your promise?

How can this be right

                 Times are indeed cruel

                Oh God give us courage

                But I still don’t get it -

                Why all the killer rage

Torn by this nasty war

The nation lost its beauty

You must go rather far

Be bound by your duty

                The mind accepts it

                Being, after all, shrewd

                The heart vetoes it

                There in comes the feud

I am lost, totally speechless

With you gone, why this life

I am pained by distress

To get through this strife

                Journey to battlefield

                To fight them; to attack

                But what would it yield

                If you did not come back

We will win this war

I am sure about it

But what of me?

Did you think a bit

            Promise me, my love

On this very last night

Our love for each other

It will always be bright

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the very noble emotions you express, and the way you use solid, effective rhymes with this double spaced verse structure, good writing.

[Marie]

A lovely love poem. War is so impersonal to the people it separates--perhaps forever.

[MOON]

beautiful flow , the heartache of parting.

[Suditi]

"The mind accepts it
Being, after all, shrewd
The heart vetoes it
There in comes the feud"

My favorite stanza!
Its a beautiful poem.
The theme, the content, all great. :)

[Diwakar - "The Warrior ..]

So sweetly written for the love, with questions and pain.The rhyme is also brilliant Very nice :-)

[Sleeping Maiden]

This is beautiful. It shows the pain of lovers when they must part. Especially if one is off for war. Such sadness this piece brings.. but it also has this yearn.. a promise..for love never to fail!
This is well written! I loved it. =) Well done!