The Poem: Kashmir

Counting tomb stones on stars now. Was not it yesterday,

when we had so few of them. My heart's reply eerie. When last did I cry?

( Nusrat )

The blood stains on the wall make him now an insomniac.

The whole blinded family now looks for light but all there eyes squinty, when last did I cry?

( Sarvish Malik )

Amid the snow capped mountains lies my soul, wearied and captivated.

Incinerating my place, together, they smirk and chortle at me! When last did I cry ?

( Ambar )

In the tourney of tyranny, my eyes went dry.

A paradise lost to be a caged colony: When last did I cry.

( Dawood )

From the land where the truth is buried everyday, voices for justice are labelled as hate.

Bloodied and maimed is what you inflamed; ask me no more about this anomaly: when last did I cry

( Ahmer Javed )

Press asked why the bruise, I am torn.

She replied, love is my curse, I am torn- and torn are we, When last did I cry?

( Zahida Ishaq War )

He calls for my killing he then condemns it; "hai hai!"

Butchered by the ones I do, and the ones I don't see; when last did I cry.

( Atif Ali )

How do I write the story of my life, where do I find the words ?

The story of my pain, which I can't read to thee:when last did I cry.

( Maroof Tasleem )

Chinars no longer shade the Sufis; minarets no longer call to God.

Children of paradise can no longer see,the oppressed praying for oppressor to flee : When last did I cry ?

( Akif Mufti )

These words, like shackles of my breath, are waiting to be seen

The prayer that brought me to my knee: when last did I cry.

( Shrija R )