We Will Not Bow Down. Poem by Aaqib Hyder

We Will Not Bow Down.

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I live in a valley where....

The ballads of love and freedom are muted by owl hoots

The chirping birds are frightened by 
marching jackboots.

I live in a valley where....

A mother stares endlessly to a frozen nothingness,

longing for that lost embrace, waiting for the last hug.

I live in a valley where....

A father longs for his son's sepulchre,

where are you my groom? Who will tow our boat?

I live in a valley where....

A tiny stone is answered by a fatal bullet.

Treachery and deception has ruled for years.

But you can hear a raising voice everywhere,

We will not bow down, we will not bow down.

From heaps of cadavers and pools of blood,

We will not bow down, we will not bow down.

Monday, June 24, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: kashmir
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Aaqib Hyder 25 June 2013

@Pradip Chattopadhya Thank you :)

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Pradip Chattopadhyay 24 June 2013

Determination shining through the smoke of gunfire! Very well composed Aaquib.

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