لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الا لله

"I cannot drink water It is mingled with the blood of young men who have died up in the mountains.

I cannot look at the sky; It is no longer blue; but painted red.

I cannot listen to the roar of the gushing stream It reminds me of a wailing mother next to the bullet-ridden body of her only son.

I cannot listen to the thunder of the clouds It reminds me of a bomb blast.

I feel the green of my garden has faded Perhaps it too mourns.

I feel the sparrow and cuckoo are silent Perhaps they too are sad." ?
-A Kashmiri Poet

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