तेरा बरामदा

आज भी जब उस राह गुज़रता हूँ,नज़रें एक टक उस बरामदे पर चली जाती हैं. खुद को झूठ ना बोल पाऊंगा,हाँ, देखते ही यादेँ ताज़ा हो जाती हैं. तू नहीं, पर तेरा एहसास आज भी है वहां,इक भ्रम सी परछाई आज भी दिख जाती है. उस कमरे की तस्वीर आज भी ज़हन में हैं छपी,वह…

Maa

  Maa;Main roz tujhe milta hoon,Isi jagah. Tu roz mujhein utna hi pyaar karti hain. Par aaj jab tu ek naye roop mein aayi,To main tujhe pehchan na paaya. Par tune utne hi pyaar se mujhe pukara,Aur mujhe utna hi dular kiya. Maa, mujhe maaf karna ki main tere jitna pyaar na kar paunga,Par koshish…

It was pouring today

With the sound of it,I felt like calling and telling you,Here goes another rainy day without you.Today, will you come and stand next to me and complete my monsoon?Hey, it’s pouring today. Walking on the terrace, contemplating,Didn’t know what to do.All I wanted was to hold you tight and inundate with you,Hold my hands, walk…

Amidst the Harmony, he gave me Solace

“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.” ― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems Amidst my loneliness, music gives me solace. And such was the loneliness of the day, that it drew me to that concert. The melody of those unimpeachable voices pervaded…

Dreams

Dreams, that I’ve started stitching after meeting you.Meeting you, the most unexpected blessing of my life.Blessing, for the unsung prayers.Unsung, the belief I always had.Belief, that someone will get my broken pieces together.Together, is a state I always want to be in.State, of being together.Being together is what I always believed in.Believed, in the unsung…