BORN TO DIE

BORN TO DIE

I am Kashmir, born to die.

I am Kashmir, born to starve.

I am Kashmir, under worse colonial power.

I am Kashmir, caged under poisonous Indian claws.  

I am Kashmir, born to be humiliated by alien forces.

I am Kashmir, born to be ruined by occupational forces.

I am Kashmir, born to be mocked by mass murderers.

I am Kashmir, born to be divided into unacceptable Union territories.

I am Kashmir, born to be choked by the so-called largest democracy.

I am Kashmir, born to be raped by Indian forces.

I am Kashmir, born to be commented by intolerant masses.

I am Kashmir, born to bear the brunt expansionist regime.

I am Kashmir, born to bear the fruits of AFSPA.

I am Kashmir, born to suffer 75 days of siege.

I am Kashmir, born to be confined in the four walls of my home.

I am Kashmir, born to suffocate under the clouds of uncertainty.

I am Kashmir, born to be separated from my kith and kin.

I am Kashmir, born to suffer economic losses by your siege.

I am Kashmir, born to be jailed on suspicion.

I am Kashmir, born to be put under house arrest.

I am Kashmir, born to be beaten, crushed under your force.

I am Kashmir, born to die an unnatural death.

I am Kashmir, born to listen to your ghastly decrees.

I am Kashmir, born to see horrible faces of my dictators.

I am Kashmir, born to listen to bogus coverage of your media.

I am Kashmir, born to listen to insane screams.

I am Kashmir, born to listen to non-sense Bollywood comments.

I am Kashmir, born to be revenged because I am a Muslim.

I am Kashmir, born to be destroyed, devasted and ended completely from the Earth.

Because I am Kashmir, I have no right to live a dignified life under my flag.

                                                                                                Sumera B. Reshi.