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After India repealed Article 370 & 35 A, Kashmiri member Sumera B Reshi shares her powerful poem about the conflict embroiling her homeland. Read her words in full below, leave a comment of support to encourage her, and follow her to read her updates on the unfolding situation.
I Reject Forced Occupation of Kashmir
I am in chains, I have been locked.
I am Gaza, I am Kashmir.
My days are dark, my nights horrific.
My sunshine is dim, my rain poisonous.
My happiness has been grilled, my people tortured.
I am Gaza, I am Kashmir.
Look at me and see how bruised I am today.
I have been forced to kneel at the brutal decree of my tyrants.
My women are weeping, my men in jails.
My children are orphans and my youth helpless.I am Gaza, I am Kashmir.
My tyrants have sealed my lips, choked my voice.
They have fastened my hands with iron wires.
They can never get me, nor my resources.
Because I am Gaza, I am Kashmir.
by Sumera B Reshi