'Bloody' Flowers.... Poem by Sheshu Babu

There was a garden
Akin to garden of Eden
That made many human beings admire
And, that was the beautiful ' Kashmir'!

The shining garden with colored flowers
Attracted many visitors
Who tried to occupy
And turn it into their property....

Suddenly two visitors came
From opposite sides to play game:
They divided the blooming flowers
And stripped them off their colors

One visitor chanted with uncontrollable rage
'This is 'Cash' for our corporate usage!
A minefield to make huge profits
Take away the Land from local misfits! '

From the opposite roared
'This ' mir' is our sword
It belongs to us from eternity'
They boasted of similar community!

But, the flowers cried, ' Azadi! '
'We want freedom! Azadi! Azadi!
All you visitors just come and go!
Let us bloom and swing to and fro! '

But the visitors never cared their appeal
Their voices choked with authoritative seal
The garden was littered with 'bloody'flowers
Grassy garden beauty replaced by dirty mud- covers!

Still, the blood- coated flowers in unanimity
Cried in dispair, ' azadi! Azadi! '
Let there be peace and tranquility
And freedom to all - you, us and humanity! !