Deserve

I take some time off,
so wishful is the heart....
Cant understand why though

I dont mind sitting for a while
-"You deserve this" says ego
as the heart rests at every beat...

Who else...

keep hearing the sound of my shoes,
who else can i hear...
keep seeing the shadow so silent,
who else can i fear...

Fear...

the half moon is shaded, it seems

why fear the dark, when i know its night...

mukh...

apna kain da ki haqh,

jad mannmukh hove haqdaar...

apna kain di ki lodd,

jad gurmukh hove dildaar....

Thaal...

Apni thaal saaf rakhi,

main vicho kuch nahi lena...

Kade parchaava de dee,

Eh rooh bhukhi na rave....

Surt

Kive hon tere darshan,
Jad karam hi nahi....
Ki sochda hain anant,
Jad Surt hi nahi....

Phalle mann

Khadke Sach de dwaar,
Khare ki phalle eh mann...
Ya Sach hi door hain,
Ya mann hi jhooth hain...

Yaar Naal...

Yaar rus ke na vekh mere val,
aj taan khuda vi nahi naal mere....
Es lambi lakeer da ki karaan,
je taqdeer vi nahi naal mere....

Palate

hands roll down on the palate..

As the sketch is drawn….
What words do I speak,
For the soul is deaf…..

I wait for the brush to lay my life out….
For some its beautiful,
For some it’s a dead man’s art…

which way do i look and where do i head...
let me keep pedaling, to know where i've been...

ambition...

the very barriers paved my way,
but then they were my own...
having started, i wonder now,
is the ambition, my very ego...

dusk....

Cracks on the shaterred roof top,
as if waiting to pour on me ....
my shadow is longer than me,
does that mean, the day ends here?

yaad..

na mange mile teri kirpa,
mange te ki mile....
yaad kare na thakya main,
thakya te ki yaad karya...

pyaar tu karaaya...

aj mera mann vasda hain tere dwaar,
na jaana main aj apne charke de kol...
ki paana te ki khona,
na jaana main aj apne charke de kol...

raat hove taan diva bal da tere layi,
ki kam is roshni da mere kamre vich...
na main dekhna hor koi apne naal,
ki kam is roshni da mere kamre vich...

mere haqdaar hon ge bathere,
na koi mainu manjoor tere siva...
tere ditte hoye ne bade karz,
na koi mainu manjoor tere siva...

kyun rakhe enne swaas tu vich,
je pyaar tu enna maetho karaaya...
khatam na hove mera eh lekh,
je pyaar tu enna maetho karaaya...

the known soul

the soul that i meet again,
the rugged sheet
and the empty side, lies with it

what comfort does this matress have,
when the sleep hides for dawn

the ticking clock asks me to wait,
i shall, for its the only thing
the only thing that moves in this room....

Fakir's name

what price do i pay to have you,
for you yourself say, nothing is mine
You gave a name to the bravest fakir,
what name would you give to the cowardly raja...

I want the path to earn you - ve rab,
and yet you push me in this worldly affairs...
What more do i want from you,
give me the fakir's name...
Give me something close to you...

lantern...

to illuminate the darkness around me,
i lit a lantern...
yes, i could see the path ahead
and started walking...
the destiny was now seen,
thought i could reach there faster,
but the running faded out the light...
may be, i was prepared for the dark,
but not for the wind..
whom should i blame now,
my patience or some wind...

ripples of a heart

even the ripples of a tsunami calm down.....
Mine is only a heart beat

those firsts..

i remember those words i said,
and the way you loved them...
that bike ride to our first date,
and the way you were excited...
i wish i could say those words again,
i wish i could ride that bike again...

blurry words

she had a thousand words,
for her tears did speak..
i had love hidden in me,
for my anger opened me up...
i know you cant see it through those blurry eyes,
but can i speak without hurting you???

words that ruined

she had the tears that could not be hidden..
neither could my love hide those ruthless words...

i wanted to gift her all, and so i think i did
for i ruined everthing by being vocal...

alright i didnt fair upto those expectations...
i wonder, what i do with mine...

shades

a pair of sunglasses lie in the corner,
as the silence celebrates my lonliness....

i wanted to gift her, shading her from the sun...
the shades that would hide her tears,
as she didnt want anyone see them....
as she looked gorgeous....
.
.
as i could not look into her eyes anymore....