KASHMIR

They said,
some weeping,
some in tears,
some bursting out
ventilating their
anger, disillusionment
and frustration
writ large on their faces.
'Their inheritance
of losses' -
mind-numbing.
'Awaiting you we were,
knew we you would
come to us,
displaying 'pangs' of
guilty conscience
No,
we made you come to us
we forced you come to us
how much
genuine you are
on speaking
about us as your' inseparable
organ',
if so
why you set out
to throw it into your
'frying pan' ?
is it that much,
tastier to you
why you itch for
triggering your guns,
and massacring
our budding youth,
kids, men and women
what for our women and
girl-children strip-naked
raped and throw their
life-less bodies into rivers
and gutters
why our unemployed eductated youth
roam through streets
some remaining indoors
wailing about their fate
sort of cocooned existence
with no hopes
appearing their way
disappointed
and some stand up in arms,
you,
the so-called protectors
since decades,
haunt us,
throwing us into
niightmares,
since
how long we were pooling
our tears
and spilt blood,
collecting
here we hand it over to you
in a platter
to show you.
Why this jungle law
for us only.
For heaven's sake
'feel our pain'
even at this eleventh hour.