Paradise Lost
PARADISE LOST
P oisonous minds roamed in Valley of joy,
A nd their mission was to kill and destroy.
R uthless bullets pierced the innocent hearts,
A ngry devils tried to tear the Valley apart.
D eath danced every street, none could flee,
I struggled to breathe, as fear consumed me.
S ilently, world-watched attack on humanity,
E ven weather was merciless in Jan of 1990.
L eft my land to survive in unknown place,
O nly hope I carried, to march in life’s race.
S o many years gone, Valley still screams,
T oday Kashmir is safe only in my dreams.
Jan 17, 2017.
MESSAGE IN AN ACROSTIC - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues
Kashmir, God's own land on earth, is the motherland of Kashmiri Pandits. The year 1990, saw a mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their own soil due to threat to their life and, brutal and barbaric killings by the separatists.
More than 400,000 Kashmiri Pandits were forced to abandon their homeland.
Even today after so many years of mass exodus, their ordeal continues....
Copyright © Meenakshi Raina | Year Posted 2017
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