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Saturday, 30 August 2014

Conflict


‘Hello, my old friend’, we never say when I see him & he sees me too. 

Image credit:  Dick Blick Art - Used with permission fro m Magpie Tales
I can feel the soldier across the border too is feeling blue...

Our lives are so distinct, yet joined with permanent glue...

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Lives are just targets- sacrificed for borders, without ado… 

Why war? Whose battle? What conflict? No clue...



This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

My 55-Word Poem for-
BlogAdda-WOW- Hello, my old friend
Two Shoes Tuesday - Target 
Five Sentence Fiction- Conflict 
Magpie Tales#244

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38 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 August 2014 at 13:46

    Excellent!:):)

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    1. Anita Sabat30 August 2014 at 15:01

      Thanks for stopping by & for your maiden comment on my Blog :)
      Glad you liked it. Do keep visiting :)

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  2. Cifar30 August 2014 at 15:56

    remarkable 55ier for the given prompts

    The Last Call

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  3. Unknown30 August 2014 at 16:27

    Good one...

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  4. Madhavi30 August 2014 at 17:33

    Nice post, smartly combined the prompts and yes!!! so true

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  5. kalpana solsi30 August 2014 at 17:54

    Lovely post. the futility of war is highlighted.

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  6. Vinitha30 August 2014 at 23:51

    Lovely poem Anita!

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  7. Anonymous31 August 2014 at 12:26

    Good one Anita!

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  8. Anonymous31 August 2014 at 12:56

    Good one Anita. Endless nightmares, struggle, fights, and most of the times they just have to stop to wonder why did it come to this.

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 07:53

      Thanks Shanx.
      True. We all wonder about the futility of it all...

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  9. Richa Singh31 August 2014 at 20:04

    This is a conflict in direct sense of us as beings..

    Richa

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 07:57

      That's unfortunate though humans are the most intelligent, Richa.

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  10. divsi31 August 2014 at 22:03

    the last line!!! brilliant Ani :) Loved it!!

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 07:58

      Those are unanswered questions...
      Glad you liked it, Divsi :)

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  11. Shailaja V31 August 2014 at 22:53

    How terribly, tragically true. The use of 'permanent glue' is a very powerful image!

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 08:00

      Yes, very tragic Shailja.
      Glue is the word as Soldiers on either side of the border have to be glued to one another. Lives are dependent...

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  12. Ankur Anand31 August 2014 at 23:02

    last line brilliant :)

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  13. Ranu 8021 September 2014 at 04:24

    Wonderful Anita, love it.

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 08:04

      Thanks for reading & for sharing your comment, Ranu :)

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  14. Uppal1 September 2014 at 07:46

    DEEP CONCERNS IN FEW LINES!

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  15. Red Handed1 September 2014 at 09:48

    So much said in a few short lines.Liked it.

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  16. Rahul Bhatia1 September 2014 at 10:19

    True, this is how it is, Anita! Well penned!

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    1. Anita Sabat1 September 2014 at 11:19

      Yes, Rahulji, sad that things are this way...
      Thanks :)

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  17. Uma3 September 2014 at 19:37

    So true! You are a master in combining prompts, Anita :-)

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    1. Anita Sabat3 September 2014 at 19:57

      Thank you so much for your kind words, Uma :)

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  18. Josie Two Shoes5 September 2014 at 22:04

    Anita, this was powerful, intense, and so well done. I agree with you entirely. We cannot wage war to effect peace, we cannot continue to destroy lives and families over politics, borders, and old men's games. It is up to us to say ENOUGH!

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    1. Anita Sabat5 September 2014 at 22:36

      Truly Josie.
      Enough is enough. Wonder when everyone will realize this...

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  19. Beloo Mehra7 September 2014 at 19:33

    O this one is powerful. Short but deep in its message. Very nice, Anita!

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Your words mean a lot to me.