Is it so hard to live together?
Forcibly divided by man
Compellingly reunited by nature
Incendiary flames brightened the yesteryears
Darkness pervades the hearts, minds and souls
Kashmir
An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
Kashmir
Sanskrit name for a girl
Kashmir
A Paradise turned into Hell by Terrorists
Kashmir
Paradise lost
"We are Kashmiris!"
Strong nationalistic pride
Transcends the claims of both sides
Custody being fought in (law) courts and (war) theatres
Yet should not the land rightfully belong to the people living on it?
A devastating catastrophe
A chilly divorce that brought the two estranged lands closer together
In sadness, sorrow and loss
does it now matter if they are mine or yours?
A generation wagered and unexpectedly lost
We go by but don't expect us to go at it together
The rifts in the hearts are too narrow to let pass
in the open are too deep to mend
The world sees and helplessly twists its hands
Some hands appear to clear the rubble
Food that fills the stomach for now
Some cold comfort from the tents
But hands go and then, what grows?
Then the land settles
The growing mass graves
The never-ending sorrow of being together, yet apart
When can we let Kashmir be one
Be alone and free?
When will the day be?
Will it ever come?
No one ever knows, I guess
Kashmir is weary and needs some rest
In quiet solitude perhaps the best medicine
Is deep reflection of a tumultous past
Memories rust but the tongues still speak
"Kashmir is mine, not yours..." they shriek
In the face of disaster now
Whose?
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