Kashmir

Let all veils of deception fall

The face of reality can no longer be hidden

Blue lakes, tears of crimson, weeping injustice amidst

House boat rentals, where beauty lives with tragedy.


Tourist posters, promises of romance in the Vale

Switzerland of the East, saffron scented heaven

Cries of anguish not mentioned in the backdrop

Of mountain peaks that stand, silent witnesses.


The occupiers propose marriage, undying devotion

Love is easy in your embrace, such beauty but

Vows are made and broken between gunshots

As the rejected claim questionable legal ownership.


Let Kashmir speak, world don’t turn away

Its not just mist that we see in her eyes

The thundering boots of soldiers approach

Ready For another day in Paradise.