--- title: War of life date: 2008-03-23T09:48:22Z modified: 2025-02-18T06:45:23Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/war-of-life/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 177 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2025-02-18T06:45:23Z tags: - Life Poems --- walking barefoot in this sweltering [heat](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/heat-bloom.md) i am searching for a place i was searching for nothing when you came in on a sunday morning coffee in one hand newspaper in other you brushed past like the early morning breeze and gently whipped up a [storm](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/storm-passion.md) in my cup unable to steer the boat caught in the eye of the storm i crashed down like a pack of cards into your waiting arms they say time flies in love and before we knew it it was all over how can i still believe we are in love when my bed is no longer mine how can i still believe you love me when his scent still lingers on the side of the bed walking barefoot in this sweltering heat broken into a thousand pieces scattered all over i am searching for a place to rebuild myself piece by piece when the fears subside and the wounds are healed when only scars remain and no one left to blame i will be the long forgotten soldier coming home to fight yet another [battle](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/battle-life.md) in this [war](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/war-within.md) of life ———————————————————- note: a reflection of self.