Dr. Javed Latoo is a UK based senior clinician, honorary lecturer, and a medical Editor. In his spare time, Dr. Latoo writes poetry.
His poems have been published in literary and medical journals. His first collection of poems is Gushing Fountain: A Collection of Poems (2015).
I see a new face of Kashmir
I see a new face of Kashmir,
Seething unarmed youth
Protesting fearlessly
Against the Might of India;
Defying curfew, braving bullets
With stones in their hands.
I see frightening whirlwinds
Around these courageous souls,
Chanting fierce Liberty songs.
I see a conflict generation
Full of resentment and valour,
Carrying a fire of disobedience,
A cyclone of dreams;
Slayed, maimed and blinded
By alien bullets and pellets.
I see a mercurial nation with
Grief eternally fastened
To her bruised forehead.
I even see fat cats licking
Double cream
At the gates of this graveyard.
On 15th July 2016 in Kashmir.