The Last Closure

Every night when I close my eyes to sleep

I would think of you. Now in ‘the last closure’ I hold back my tears so that it would not wash away the image of you that my eyes hold. 

Oh dear, if you can hear what I am thinking please say this to our son. 

"My boy, It's not always needed that you have to be a warrior to fight a war. It is enough if you're brave"

I'm surrounded by my fellow brethren whose family and children I know. 

The family and children who believe that their king would bring back all his men, their husbands and sons. 

I haven't wronged them I surely have brought back my men. 

Though they can speak no more, their deeds and sacrifices would for them. 

I lie alone on the lap of my motherland. 

As she feels the warmth of my blood I close my eyes knowing my son would open the gates of victory.