Love In War Poem by Galina Italyanskaya

In your response you wrote, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IS THAT BETWEEN. That is so poignant. I realize on reflection there are so many other issues besides the DESIRE to intervene - there is the issue of the couple's privacvy; the concern you might be taking on more than you can handle; the realization that you might not be adept enough to mediate between two quarreling people. The heart is so pure: it just wants to stop the pain others are feeling, but the mind is so complex: it knows the situation can spin out of control. How can we know what we should do?

At first I thought this poem would be on the classic theme of a love affair against the backdrop of a raging war. Ernest Hemingway's 1920s novel A FAREWELL TO ARMS tells such a story beautifully and powerfully. But then I quickly realized both the war and the love in your poem is in the couple's love affair. They are both lovers and combatants and the battleground is their hearts. They are not ready for a truce, both want to score a victory against the other. It's too early to tell but it doesn't look good for their relationship. It may be too wounded to continue. I'd like to step between these fighting lovers and make them see the wonder of their love, but they'd probably both call me A FOOL FOR LOVE.

Your palm on my cheek A fond easy touch Love in war A very beautiful poem on the idea of love and war.Well expressed.Well done Col Muhammad Khalid Khan