Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Tribute..

दर्द में भी ये लब मुस्कुरा जाते हैं 
बीते लम्हें हमें जब भी याद आते हैं


चन्द लम्हात के वास्ते ही सही 
मुस्कुरा कर मिली थी मुझे ज़िन्दगी
तेरी आगोश में दिन थे मेरे कटे
तेरी बाहों में थी मेरी रातें कटीं 

आज भी जब वो पल मुझको याद आते हैं
दिल से सारे गमों को भुला जाते हैं


किस कदर तेज़ रफ़्तार थी ज़िन्दगी 
कहकहे हर तरफ़ थी खुशी ही खुशी
मैंने जिस दिन कही प्यार की बात थी 
रुक गई थी अचानक वो बहती नदी

आज भी जब वो दिन मुझको याद आते हैं 
गुज़रे लम्हें ज़हन में उभर आते हैं 


I sang because he inspired..

I kept going because they inspired..


You parted ways,

leaving memories,

and songs…


But words..


Irony..

Hopes,
to be in,
'we'..

And,
removed,
from you..


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Matters..

The,
first two..
lines in every..

Happened,
Conversation..


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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Friday, May 27, 2022

More..

And Speak,
if you must..
Life silenced,
but everyone..


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Remember..

Somebody,
asks..
How..

My eyes,
I close..
And…

Pray,
Bliss,
my split..
there, their..

I,
ache for..
beyond..


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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

There..

I cite,
recite..
everything..

In pride,
I search,
everywhere..

When
they say,
i've lost..

Myself,
I look up,
in lift offs..
graphs,
in references..

And wait,
for life, my,
there..



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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Prayers..

For,
every step,
taken..
mistaken..

Of,
love, and 
hurt..

I know,
i'm heard,
bridges..

If,
all are,
broken..

Seven
months,
years,
counting…

In prayers..



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Monday, May 23, 2022

Close..

How,
close is too,
close they
ask..

In silence,
I hear,
I say..
In a crowd,
I see,
I say..

To God,
I swear,
I hear..
I say;


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Sunday, May 22, 2022

Last Moments..

Every,
minute that,
passes…

I remember..
Wondering,
if I'm too..

Am I worth
any second..


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Saturday, May 21, 2022

One day..

Sometimes,
And other
times..

A walk,
long..
A wait,
longer..
A hope,
unbroken..

One day
we'll speak,
lighten hearts,
over..



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Friday, May 20, 2022

One Corner..

For that,
One word..
Lives,
I'll give mine..

Palms,
Over the face..
Hiding away,

Each day,

That passes..
Hoping one,
just one wail,
is heard, 
that side..

Remorseful,
I am,
if you ask..


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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Monday, May 16, 2022

Feeling..

Sometimes,
I go impaired..
to the world,
outside..

Looking,
out the window..
a breeze
blowing in,
my cheeks..

Then, I hear,
those words..

Sometimes,
we might be too close.. 
And then I feel it..
But, who,
to tell.. 


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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Did We?

Everyone
awaits…

Some
Fortune,
Progress,
superlative..

But,
here it's,
a word.. 
just one.. 
"Did"..

And I 
ask,
myself to,
wait; breathe.. 
maybe.. 


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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Schizop..

Ties,
All broken..
channels
all died.. 

Yet
I hope..
i'll speak one
day.. 

Say,
what..
it's like to,
imagine…
and passing..


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Monday, May 9, 2022

Still..

Two days,
past..Still,
expecting..

Thinking,
how much..
agony,
before solace..

Do we
deserve,
this silence..


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Friday, May 6, 2022

Numb..

And then,
today..
break that
vow made.. 

I look up
to,
the dark sky..

saying all
that's, to be
said..

hoping..
dreams come,
true.. 


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Two Minds..

Scattered,
these thoughts..

Trembling,
these fingers..

Want to say,
fall short of words..

Once unreservedly,
words fell off,
Now in fear,
in reluctance,
they die within..

Losing, out
of all the things,
this kills, much..

A little wish,
for welfare, 
for good;
for progress,
to hear.. 

One day..


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Thursday, May 5, 2022

Forced Away..

Yesterday,
A thought 
far..

Today,
A shivering 
hand..

With
No remedy,
to this ailment.. 


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Blurred..

What cure,
better
than..
known words;

In silence
we die..

In search,
For that year
that January.. 


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Monday, May 2, 2022

Saudade..

Never 
kept well,
And we,
Know why… 

Pray,
For the sun..
May this long,
night end.. 

Until I get word,
I'm forever laid up..
Will God, send word..

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Strong, But..

One day
when you'll see,
this you'll know..

This beseech,
of mine,
just to know..

you're fine..
you're focused..

And say,
I breathe..
to pray..


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