The Poem: Kashmir

I ask my enemy, when will the pain be enough to kill me.

He showed me his scars centuries old and asked me,"When last did I cry?"

( Taalib )

On the altar of faith we sacrifice our brothers, eid is far from eid this time.

Are there any more sins for us to repent? There were too many. When last did I cry.

( Taalib )

I tangled myself in vines, and torched my own branches, I was born green

but to glow was my dream, over this ruthless wish to be free, when last did I cry?

( Taalib )

Was I killed for the nation or for my right to be free.

I drown in my own tears gifted by destiny: when last did I cry?

( Taalib )

You may try to quell us with all your might, we won't give up this fight.

That orphan girl tells me that her dad has gone to get Azaadi, when last did I cry?

( Taalib )

When peace left me alone, darkness became my friend, when last did I cry.

Not love, it's filled with tears: everyone's cup of tea, when last did i cry

( Suraj Surothiya )

By a border we are defined, caged by a boundary, when last did I cry.

To one side a martyr, a rebel to another territory: when last did I cry.

( Francis Swamy )

In the evenings as the candle flickers by the sill of our old window.

The victims of carnage, mayhem and atrocities come alive from old pages of my diary: when last did I cry.

( Imran Dar )

Will you read this poem in heaven Shahid, the one from your country?

Didn't you say, "The world is full of paper, write to me": when last did I cry.

( Dawood Yousuf )