To Our Fallen Soldiers

By: Our Daily Poetry Family

#ODP_Voices – Week 18

[This is our story about the unsung heroes who sacrifice themselves to safeguard our security, peace and stability. Our nations are faced with the threat of terrorism that comes in various forms. We are all affected either directly or indirectly. It’s in the face of such calamities that our brave and gallant soldiers rise. Today we pay tribute to our soldiers, the unsung heroes in our midst. We write as we see it, how they feel it, how we all view them…To the fallen soldiers we say a good fight you fought, to the ones we have we say ‘Thank You’.]

Conducted & Compiled by Joy Munde, Kenya.

©2016

ODPoet: Mpho Twosly Mosoane
Country: South Africa.

THE FORBIDDEN WARRIORS.

Rise up my captain,
Captain of the forbidden warrior.
Rise above defeat, defend the defeated nation.

I wish I could buy an armour,
I wish I could sharpen my spear,
I wish I could lead the rebellion,
Together we shall overcome neo colonialism.

Cast the die to defeat civil wars,
Africa union stop dividing Africa, your quotient is blood and terror.
I’m afraid to speak out,
Landlords are called terrorist.
Azania return to Africa
Our skins sweat blood.
Bullets and sirens demolish our peace and justice
Do not cry…
God shall answer.

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ODPoet: Ameja Caroline
Country: Uganda.

TRUE HERO

Yes Sir!
Never objected
Selfless with a motive
My country, My land
Blood donor to our land
A soldier’s heart sacrificed
Where do we seek liberty?
War has taken its toll.

Hearts cry out
Not for you, our hero
But for us now the defenseless
A mother’s cry
Family’s loss
A nation’s hero
A bullet for a life
True heroes you are
Always in our hearts
Concrete legacy.

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ODPoet: Rufus
Country: Kenya.

I STAND_WITH_KDF

Its so sad we lost some of you guys
What they did to you men,that wasn’t so nice
They came and they killed them
Yes they did,I wonder if it was in Allah’s name
Our soldiers lost their lives
They left their kids together with their wives
Why has it come to this?
Why is it always like this?
Let’s stay together
Let’s love one another
Let’s stay like brothers and sisters forever…

We are all the same,we all humans
Can’t you see the colour of our blood,we’re not
mutants
Lost souls adding up to 63
Leaving all this sorrow upon we
Heey you killers,this is not good I mean can’t you
see
This is for our fallen soldiers we’re gonna miss
you
And for the swollen hearts were gonna get you:|:|:|:|

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ODPoet: Philip Odhiambo
Country: Kenya.

LETTER TO THE FALLEN

🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

Into the sky
Into the night
Into the clouds
Into the sands
Into the war
You went
You never nagged
You took a place at the front
Our flag you waved
Our blood:our nation
O brother
You shot guns
Some into the air
Some onto walls
Some on invisible enemies
Not who knew
That you would be shot
That your gun will be untouched
That your kids would be fatherless
It really pains to fall
Falling off your life
Falling off the earth’s face
May the lord open His arms
To receive you
You who died as brothers who loved peace

🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

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ODPoet: Dee
Country: Botswana.

CARRY ON

It’s easy to fight when everything’s right,
And you’re mad with the thrill and the glory;
It’s easy to cheer when victory’s near,
And wallow in fields that are gory.
It’s a different song when everything’s wrong,
When you’re feeling infernally mortal;
When it’s ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buckle up, little soldier, and chortle:
Carry on! Carry on!
There isn’t much punch in your blow
Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and be true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There’s big work to do, and that’s why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!

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ODPoet: Cyburg
Country: Kenya.

I have a bitter sweet  soul,
Just as my shoes have soles,
For the art of loosing is easy to master,
Though most feel it is just a disaster.

KDF is my home , la familia,
The Kenyans I protect my kids,
As we fight, just sip vanilla,
We will come back after a victorious bid.

#I stand with kdf

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ODPoet: Leesah Leez
Country: Kenya.

They held their breath
and stood outside
They never feared to venture out
And fight for our freedom.

When we had those sweetest dreams
They never slept
Just for the sake of us

Am in tears seeing the bodies of our fallen heroes
It pains to see that you are gone
But a million questions runs through my mind
Why this to our heroes who fought for us daily?

They died fighting for our freedom
Just to set us free from terrorists
In our hearts they’ll live forever…
Rest in peace our fallen heroes.

#I STAND WITH KDF#

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ODPoet: Effie
Country: Kenya.

Now that you’re gone
There’s no fun with the crowds
We find ourselves crying
Even crying out loud
Because our world simply is still…
You brought us peace
You brightened up our land
You we’re and will always be
Precious roses
That opened in the rain
That struggled in the sun
You are our stars
Which will forever twinkle in our eyes
Our worlds were different
Your world made of harsh conditions
That our world will never fit in.
We lost our sunshine
We lost a beautiful rainbow
We lost our morning dews
Ever since we lost you…

You went home to those lonely hemas
In which you had no one to cry to
No one to say goodbye to
No one to tell your challenges to
No one to sigh to…
ONLY GOD KNOWS YOUR FATE…
We shall have our hearts recall,
In every step we make
Because you went on giving yourselves away
So that others could have their lives on…

#I STAND WITH KDF

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ODPoet: Apollo James
Country: Kenya

THE BASE

‘Two base-ten do you copy’
‘Roger one over’
‘To the base immediately over’
‘Lieutenant arm up, Roger..over and out’
And the soldier clipped his army pack
The high army truck, bowled and heavy canvassed helmets, jungle uniform, guns strapped
The smell of gun powder,
Hard-set jaws, red-alert eyes
Vein-strewn arms
And the soldier saluted
Her mother in good bye
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°”’
The lieutenant was alert
On this night
When the world crumbled
In explosion and attack
Ceasefire muted
The cold silent night
But it happened so fast
And the brass bullet
Shred his pal’s skull
And found his chest
And as blankness engulfed
A fellow soldier screamed by
‘Stay awake soldier’
‘But life feel at limbo’
Then in the last gulp of life
Whispered in triumph
‘Tell my mama,I did my best’
And closed his eyes,
A lone tear streaming down
The war-torn face.
Rest in peace soldier
    
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ODPoet: Stara
Country: Kenya

Hope you know you’re highly appreciated
Each day you spend in camps
Each time you eat cold food
In our hearts we hold you highly
In our minds we think of you daily
We say it as often as we would like
But each time you hold that gun
My son calls you a brave hero
Each time you fight to protect us
We smile to say we are proud of you
For not every one can do what you do
But just because you have the courage
Know your the pride of our country
And for every fallen soldier out there
Your life will forever be remembered
Your patriotism will be admired by many
We may not sing songs for you
But we tell our kids of your bravery
And we forever pray to God
That your reward be made great
And your sacrifice never go in vain
For each life that you saved
May He grant more glory to your crown
And for the peace we enjoy
May He grant more to your family

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ODPoet: Isaac Praiz
Country: Nigeria.

THEY TOOK OUR FALL.
“Tribute To Kenya Fallen Soldiers”

Like horses at the scent of war
With heads high they forward match
Darting through deserts, raging storms
The scorching sun they never mind
To the threat of our glory
With fury they boldly rise
To pay the prize like Christ
For our souls, they gory lie
How are the mighty fallen
How our flags lowly fly
How from our fort our joy stolen
Tell it not to the passerby
Winds from Dry island blew
Leaves from this Ebony dropped
Our weeping might endure for a night
But in our heart your souls forever live.

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ODPoet: Charlotte Akello
Country: Uganda

EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF DEATH

Throughout the day,
Bullets flying in air,
Bombs blown
Like play toys
You still braved.

Like a lion reaching for its prey,
Not scared of its foe,
Never did you put your heads down
Even amidst the wild fires.

At the face of death,
Your faces were up
Looking unto the enemy
Protecting the people
And yet,
Death never spared you…
And there you died
Serving people…

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ODPoet: Sunsampaul d Philosopher
Country: Nigeria

I’M A SOLDIER POET.

I’m a soldier poet
My pen is my rifle
I shoot with my ink
I retrace in a wink
I torment my tormentors
I suffered in the battle field
With oxymorons who claimed to be boss

I’m a soldier poet
I defend my nation in the quest
Fighting with net
Book and ink
My excruciating pain
Led to their restrain
I punctured their silence
Even when I know it going to be odd
Many of my colleges battling for peace
Peace for our nation

I’m a soldier poet
My pen write of peace
My pen bleed and stay at ease
My pen blaze and add effizzy
My pen speaks and it’s not dizzy.

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ODPoet: Lisa Banda
Country: Malawi.

To our fallen soldiers
Even though you are no more,
Your sacrifice lives on,
For your courage was way beyond normal,
You led us to a new dawn,
We reaped peace as you faced war,
Got better lives as you gave up yours,
You fought till your last breath,
You gave your all till there was nothing left,
God bless you our heroes.

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ODPoet: Karen Silas
Country: Kenya.

They say you dead,
I say you just rested,
Heaven needed a hero,
You the best hero we ever had.

You left the people you loved most,
For security is all you thought of,
You a true example of being patriotic,
Regardless of tribe, color,religion you fought to protect us all,
We salute your efforts,
We stand with your families,
Our men,forever we will heart you and respect your loyalty.
🙌🏿🙌🏿

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ODPoet: Kago
Country: Kenya

We will remember
We will remember
We will remember you, my brother
You gave your young life so we could live free in tranquility
You protected us from harm and from terrorist lurking
And we will not forget your sacrifice and your death
We will remember your death
We will remember your sacrifice
We will remember your brave death
We will remember your death and sacrifice.

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ODPoet: Joy Munde
Country: Kenya

ONE FOR ALL

Forward march!
Step by step down the dusty paths,
Sweat to sweat under the scorching son,
Puddle over another puddle in the rain,
A toss here a turn there in the wild bush,
My country’s honour to protect.

Rat_a_tat!!
Bullets ring from all sides,
Boom!! Blast!!
Grenades go off over our heads.
The kind of music we get used to,
Casualties here fatalities there,
But still,
My country’s honour we will protect.

In our president’s name we swear,
Our families at heart they stay,
My country men in mind as always,
A salute for accepting the mission…
On our honour we promise,
The enemy within and without to rid,
My country’s honour to protect.

Forward march soldiers,Our full armour already in place,
To keep all safe,
One for all in the bush we are,
God for us all we pray!
My country’s honour I will always protect.

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ODPoet: Matolo Kyalo Jr.
Country: Kenya

~ The Battlefield ~

We charged towards the enemies
Our guns ready to defend our nation
We had prepared for months
We knew every hide out in the terrorist zone
We were many and we were unified
We clashed with the terrorists for hours
Gunshots were deafening
Grenades raised storms of dust.

I could hear cries of pain all around me
I was blinded by dust but I kept shooting
Suddenly, it felt like I was all alone
Everyone around me had been killed
It felt like an eternity
I thought I had survived it
I looked at my chest and that’s when I realized it
My sternum had been sprayed with bullets
I looked up and the last thing I saw was a terrorist’s gun to my face
The last thing I heard was a gunshot and a thump on my forehead
The last thing I felt was a fading pain in my skull
Faces of my loved ones flashed in my mind
Then white light
Finally at peace
In the battlefield.

RIP to our lost KDF soldiers.

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ODPoet: Kayvo May Mwas
Country: Kenya

BENEATH THAT HELMET.

Beneath that cave aloft their heads?
Of untold bravery, withheld pain, strained breaths.
You were fell, that utter now lifeless.
Hail your spirit, one that told of your love for peace endless.

Tears, fear all near as they fill us with despair,
We stare so far, you’ll never return.
Fate turned ugly unto your absence,
Hail your spirit, we’ll fight from where you left.
I’m sure we’ll know peace just at the golden olden days.
We’ll fight.

You departed too soon to glance at victory,
Martyrs of peace, your fight will forever live.
We shall fight as dirges we sing,
In a foreign land you were mercilessly slit.
Hail your braveness for it still lives in us,
we’ll liberate the freedom you wanted to give.
Echoes of pain, yet we’ll still paint your memories.

Too soon, now I know beneath that helmet.
You wanted peace beyond vague silence.
Rest in peace soldiers.

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ODPoet: Priya Kloze
Country: Kenya.

Everyday you live is another blessing from above.
Waking up to the possibility of not seeing the end of the day

You learnt to live with pain, with loss
For since you gave up your lives to serve the nation your days are filled with loss and pain.

You see your friends breathe their last,
Having nothing to do to save them,
The thought of what their families will go through taunts you
Yet knowing your family might go through the same
But praying hard you conquer so you see them again.

Your life is no more yours
Your happiness lies in the safety of the country
Guns are now your best friends
Family,
You only see them in the photos in your wallets

For our fallen heroes,
Your memories in us will live
For because of your sacrifice we are safe
To those who remain
In our prayers forever you’ll be.

Our heroes you are
And role models forever be
Your victory is our victory
Your loss our loss
And  your pain we’ll also share.

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*#Anonymous

We lie in the bush while you lie on your beds…
We sleep beside our guns while you sleep beside your wives…
You sleep in your house while we sleep in hemas…
You wear nice caps while we wear heavy helmets…
You wear designer vests while we wear Iron vests…
In the morning you are awoken by sweet alarm tones while we are woken up by horrible sound of bombs and grenades…
You move around town in range rovers and latest cars but we move in tanks and buffaloes…
We stay awake just for you to sleep…
We kill for you to live…
We stand side by side with death itself so that the future of your generation can be assured…
We sacrifice our today for your tomorrow…

We are strong at heart, great in action, committed to our course and loyal to our nation…
We are soldiers!!!
With great zeal and gallantry….
We fight relentlessly to win yet we continue to fight to conquer insurgency and terrorism….
Just pray for us over here…
To conquer in victory so that we can return to our family,
Friends and loved ones…
To the fallen heroes…
We pray they continue to live on…While we fight to to the end in victory…
IN JESUS NAME…
Please PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for US!!

ODP™ Forever.