What I am Worth

What I am worth…

( This one I like personally for its written in about twenty minutes... reflections after the Pay Commission made us reailse what exactly this grateful Nation thinks of its Soldiers)

I hear, we have crossed the sixtieth year

Standing guard without any fear,

Another day in the desert sun,

Or a night at height, with a freezing gun,

Tell me my India “What I am worth"

For the Battles and Wars that I fight,

Never asking which one is right,

From Dawn to Dusk and then to dawn,

Your Bishop, Your Knight Your Eternal Pawn,

Tell me my India “What I am worth"

While you fill your coffers today,

Wondering where and how to make,

Another fortune, another buy,

Your aspirations are now touching the Sky,

Tell me my India "What I am worth"

You make a mention on your political line,

Come to my post, wine and dine,

Then run to your stock, while I stand your guard, Killing and dying but still fighting hard,

Tell me my India "What I am worth"

The other day I was on TV too,

You came up to me with your educated crew,

Told me to speak because you seemed to care,

Wrote your story stripped me bare.

I was so naive I didn’t know,

For you it was the nine o’clock show,

The country wants to hear some line,

Before they sleep, knowing they are fine,

Tell me my India "What I am worth"

My men tell me, that they are strong,

Would fight for their country, for all that’s wrong, While I tell them to stand and fight,

You ignore my very existence and very right,

Tell me my India "What I am worth"

I thought I would tell my children in time,

How I fought for this country, this love of mine,

I wonder, if I should mention it though,

Don’t want them embarrassed, while they start to grow, Tell me my India "What I am worth"

I was your ambition, your childhood dream,

Your Pilot, your sailor your jawan in green,

Where did we part as friends, our ways,

I never let you down a single day,

Tell me my India "What I am worth