--- title: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon date: 2008-05-22T14:16:40Z modified: 2008-05-22T14:16:40Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 206 categories: - Life Poems - Love Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-05-22T14:16:40Z tags: - Life Poems - Love Poems --- I slowly fade away from the battlefield clutching what i could find grappling with the stark reality reality is always [stranger](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-stranger-in-paradise.md) than fiction this is your own story you are the only person playing a lot of roles a warrior before the [battle](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/battle-life.md) a soldier during it now a [loser](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/why-i-am-a-loser.md) after it i slowly try to fade away head down walking forward yet [looking back](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/looking-back-at-you.md) at the battlefield all the time like a wounded tiger i make my way forward slowly and carefully yet constantly keeping an eye on my opponent i may have lost of the battle but the [war](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/war-within.md) is still raging a [war](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/war-of-life.md) of survival where i am the crouching tiger, hidden dragon waiting for my turn of glory ———————————————————————————————————————– **note:** title inspired by the movie of the same name. this thus concludes the “shadow” series of poems. all the other poems can be seen in the earlier blog posts. this has 2 meanings 🙂