The Poem: Kashmir

I am the unpleasant truth lurking behind suspended networks.

I am a throttled expression in a world of democracy; when last did I cry?

( Nissa Faheem )

Who Sees but Allah.

Who Knows,but He—when last did I cry.

( Omar Rafique )

Vivid is the scene, for it doesn't take only eyes to see.

Reverbrating with songs of victory, ending the tyrant spree: when last did I cry.

( Muhammad Tabish )

Here, the fog was mistaken for pepper smoke.

What worse could it be, when last did I cry.

( Zainab Mufti )

I asked death for what is gruesome he sought in a months of wander?

He said "Oh!The beauty is cursed;Though I rip through eyes,I rip the hearts yet the humanity cant see";when last did I cry?

( Beenish Habib )

Everyday from the saffron fields, I see blood in the sky. When last did I cry?

Today it's you, tomorrow it will be me. Not that far, if you can see. When last did I cry?

( Saeed bin Zaid )

O'peace-my beloved; fate won't let us be apart.

I yearn for a rendezvous with you, under a chinar tree:when last did I cry.

( Muhammad Tabish )

The invisible barbed wire has sympathy for both the sides.

My tears run dry, trying to unite the pieces of humanity-when last did I cry ?

( Ram Muhammad )

Tulips bloom in the garden, die too soon, too young.

Once buried, they rise as Chinar: too stong too mighty: When last did I cry.

( Owais Shah )

Pellets may blind an eye, but not the vision it holds.

Courage is intact, faith is strong, enough for fear to flee: when last did I cry.

( Muhammad Tabish )