Thread by @Khushishuja

Dear #Kashmir, thread (2)
My love, how are you today? As usual, when the night recedes and dawn breaks I miss you the most. From Tahajud to Fajjar, Zuhur to Isha, this cycle continues in perpetual motion and I miss you. I have lost my way. I would like to find it again. 1/?

Kashmir, I think this time is especially painful because badi mama would be up too. She reads every Nimaz, but this one is special. I know in my heart she is up thinking about me when I think about her. It's symbiotic, does it mean you aren't a part of this, don't be petty. 2/?

I have forgotten how to function. I'd file my nails and paint them with colours according to my mood. I only see through a lens of sorrow so no point in coating my hands in more chemicals than those manifesting within me. Kashmir, loving you has cost me so much. I am sorry 3/?

It isn't your fault. Kashmir, I wish you were situated deep on an island somewhere. How's Bora Bora sound? No, not Tora Bora. Bora Bora's a French Polynesian Island. I'd have your mighty mountains and the beach to myself. Paragliding and parasailing, does it get any better? 4/?

Kashmir, I bought the shape tape concealer. The lady at Sephora said it'd hide my dark circles like a dream. She oversold her product. It's great I like tarte but when one's life is a nightmare no amount of concealer can conceal the evidence of a string of sleepless nights 5/?

Why are you where you are Kashmir? Why don't you write back? I promise I didn't forget I was just trying to be somebody worthy. In that process I thought if I stay away from home it will remind me what I need to do and who I need to be. I paid a price. We all pay that price 6/?

I need you to hold the fort till I am well equipped to take care of you and our people, Kashmir. You have reigned it in for decades, I need you to be strong a little while longer. A friend of mine and yours is leaving tomorrow to come see you. Take care of him and his family 7/?

People that we know are trickling away and making their way back to you, for now I need you to know I never really left. Tell the mountains there’s a girl a few thousand miles away who is slowly losing sight with life. My heart echoes its madness from here. Do you hear it? 8/?

My heart's pendulum is attuned to your mystical Azaan. It's probably waking sleepy Kashmiris as I type this. Kashmir, a song, Hollow Hands by @nilumusic reminds me the most of you.
'Can you hear the raven call? Shadows on an empty wall, distant even though we lay close...'9/?

@nilumusic That is us, you and I, Distant but still close. You take care of our people, I need you to do this for both of us. Zealots got medals and were on the front page of every newspaper and are now attending fancy dinners at the G7. Doesn't matter, Kashmir you belong to me, we to you.