Golden jail

GOLDEN JAIL

Prof Dr Colonel (Retired) K Prabhakar Rao

Life in army is compared to a golden jail
Where finally all are bound to get sick and pale
They go through service of a long cruise
Then come out like a tomato sucked of it’s juice

Thrown off the service at an young age
We expect them to become soon a sage
Outside world that holds them as the great heroes
Now treat them alas! As big zeroes

It is no more a fad to serve the army
Where third rate stuff knock at the doors
Good old army of glorious past
Now reduced to the state of a broken and rotten ship mast

Status of army has dwindled over years
With third rate stuff filling the gaps
Cadre review has filled up higher ranks
As prestige of army received a mighty slap

Poor little cadets in the academy at Dehradun
Are clueless about the fate that awaits them
Youthful years they sacrifice for the nation
Are a sorry lot at end not knowing whom to blame

Merit in army has disappeared into distant wild
And psychos have made it their absolute empire
Running after the perks is the order of the day
While honest are pushed from a pan to the fire

There was a time when the service the prestigious one
Where princes and elite joined it and brought fame
The service today is at the bottom of the job list
Although they put up brave face and make tall claims

The service is like a frog in deep well
Devoid of happenings taking place around them
The leaders have made it sacred and holy cow
Turned into a rubble which was once a gem



The olive greens are misused in civilian life
Where servants put on colonels dress and salute sundry
Civilian jeeps with olive green color imitate army jeeps
As some shady crooks ride them being power hungry

Civilian guys do not prefer army guys
When their daughters are to be married off
They do not mind a dumb and lame duck as bridegroom
As army guys are put aside as a dead stinking calf

The nation has been swindled by some political leaders
With crores of rupees left in foreign accounts and ledgers
Hey roam around free as corruption breeders
As army guys are taken on camel ride by the leaders

Years of effort in army is down the drain and crevice
The moment one is out of the service
The fact is simple and is very plain
Although for some it may cause hiccups and pseudo pain

Prof Dr Colonel ( Retired) K Prabhakar Rao