Posted on November 9, 2023  — 

The Escape

In the woods, we waited:
Three of us, for three days like a hawk;
Monitoring the enemy’s movements.
I’d do it for you, you’d do it for me.


This brutality of the enemy:
To take what’s ours, to steal and kill.
I had taken a stance to defend what’s ours,
I will continue taking such stances.


In the woods, we were spotted.
From the woods, we had to flee:
Hunted like a prey with the sound of gunshots.
For a moment there, I thought of death.


Against camouflaged men
And their twisted intentions:
For Moreh and for Zalengam:

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