Monday, June 27, 2016

मुग़ालते



क्यों कर किसी मुग़ालते में रहें;
हैरत में जगें, बेगैरत में जियें ,

क्यों तवज्जो हो किसी एक शख़्स को इतनी,
के गैरहाज़िरी में हर लम्स, एक जंग सा लगे,
जज़्बात हो जाएँ हावी,
हर कशिश कैफियत ही लगे,

ज़हन को हर लम्हा सिए ,
बेसलूकी सहें, बदहवास रहें ,
क्यों किसी बेपरवाह इश्क़ की फिक्र में जियें,

क्यों नहीं रूबरू हों खुद से,
क्यूँ नहीं खुद से ही मुहब्बत करें,
न अश्क़ रहें, न ज़ख्म बहें,

क्यों कर किसी मुग़ालते में रहें?!?



Friday, June 24, 2016

Roadtrip



Life is a road trip
There are smooth stretches for a 200km/hr speed
And bumps to give mini fractures to everyone on the wheel
And there are views changing with every passing second
Scenic landscapes and mystical clouds
Moon to follow and wind to entwine with the soul
And there are also remote areas,
Barren, beaten and unkempt
Its mandatory to look at everything – it all comes in the package you know
You get down after hours of drive
Exhausted and jammed knees
Stretch yourself a bit and enjoy the round about scenery
Take a little break, give yourself a little shake
And get on the vehicle
To continue the journey
Destination is important but not more than the voyage
And then you look at your people
Sitting next to you in the car
And you make a little talk and once again get behind the wheels
But you have now learnt for the next bump and the potholes
You know that you need to slow down and you can easily avoid the jerking
And it would be so amazing before you get back on that 200km/hr track
Oh all this distress will be so worth just for that little fun
Just for that fun, you take it all
The bumps and the goosebumps and the jerks and the jacks
But you don’t stop and you don’t get scared
And you know in your heart, that’s the best bit of this adventure
You will come back a changed man filled with tales
This trip will give you pleasure as much as it gave you pain
…..
Life is such a Roadtrip
Let it come as it may!










Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Solo Show

Real wars are fought alone,

Honest tears trickled behind closed doors,

Mirrors gazed longer when lonely,

Perpetual peace earned in solace,

Lyrics absorbed than music in abandonment,

Poetry free flows only in solitude

Love associated more with absence than presence,

And real happiness comes only when truly yourself!