By Shuja Ashraf
It’s been million years burning this way, inside the core
The buried trees turned into diamonds and some into coal;
Still the selfish creature living in me is busy turning me upside down, to see what I’ m hiding – above and below
Spreading concrete instead of love
And see all those meadows lay lifelessly low;
How long can I bare this pain?
So my anger evaporated and see it started to rain;
I cry so hard and moan aloud
You think it’s just a thundering cloud
Its hurts to see how you destroyed all my beloved;
The tears I shed away in pain
Even they don’t rest like you in vain;
It flows to make rivers, oceans and sea
To bestow you with another tree for free;
Still you went on, continuing your dirty sin
Until you depleted my ozone layer and unveiled my bare skin;
Flowers fell, rivers dried
I will save them, so I tried and tried;
Seeing my green fields left rotten
I was shaken, so everything became cold and frozen;
I warned you with flood and earthquakes
You still are busy in polluting my lakes;
Though now I am dying away so slow
Still you are expecting it will soon snow;
It’s not too late to save me, so do a little try
Don’t close your eyes, the moment you will see me cry!
Shuja Ashraf is a student at The Business School, University of Kashmir.
Hope my message gets across and we all will stand up to change this cry into a blessed laughter! Thankyou Kashmir Life.