Le Voyage Magnifique

The Brave

We send our young away to war
across the sea to distant shore
and test their mettle to the core
with great concern.

Our children lose their innocence
when evil characters commence
subverting moral precedents
with brutal deeds.

They put their lives in jeopardy,
ignoring bloody savagery.
We recognize their bravery
with grand parades.

Notes on the Ovi form of poetry ▶︎

The Ovi is an ancient Indian form of narrative poetry consisting of four-line stanzas with the first three lines which rhyme and have eight syllables each. The fourth line does not rhyme and contains less than eight syllables, as described and demonstrated in the following link: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/ovi/ .