The Unknown Soldier

I am fighting my battle alone,
with words and ideas.
Leaving a life of faith and solitude
the sky is my limit, the ocean is
my path, for my battle is without
boundaries and shades of blood.
I keep on pressing myself to the end,
keeping my hopes tied up in my sweat.
Every day I think of taking on new
grounds, alas it never happens.
For the world has much bigger
walls for me to climb.
I keep banging to that wall, with
new vigour and faith.
Knowing I can succeed at the end.
Voices of despair cannot divert me,
for I am the unknown soldier
fighting a lonely battle of my own.

By Soumen Bhowmick
©Soumen Bhowmick 2000