Monday, 21 November 2016

POEM FOR NEW KASHMIR:'HOME COMING':Rashmi bajaj

(Dedicated to young Kashmiri school students  rewriting Kashmir ,thronging exam centres,nov.2016!)

HOME COMING

No Pelted stones
No Pellet guns

The day ,my frends
Not far away
When my Kashmir
Shall rise from
Blood_soiled ashes
An imperishable Phoenix
leaping up_
Daring  roaring
Like a thundering lion
To proclaim
Its Second Coming-
The 'Home_Coming'!

And then_
Once Again
The  hills
The cascades
The  rivers
The orchards
The meadows
The Chinars
The Dal_Lake
The Shikaras
All around
Will resound
The soothing songs of
Sufis and Rishis
The touching chords of
Rabaab and Santoor
The swaying beats of
Noot and Tumbak
And all feet
All together
Will burst out
Into the ecstatic swirl of
The Dance of Life!

Amen!

                               Rashmi Bajaj

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