the
days
are full
of longing
my long nights are but
a potential of emptiness
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 112
Was that really me
one
look
at you
I wonder
that guy who loved you
that fool- was that really me
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 112
Question your maps
if
you
do not
manage to
find your destiny
question your maps, not the journey
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 112
Still haunted
droplets of dread break out on my
forehead every time
I close eyes
to get
some
sleep
Where you left me
along the weathered, winding trail
lies a desolate
dusty bend
where you
left
me
Immersed
I
have
plucked all
the night stars
for you – just remain
the shades of powdered blue and you
बन कर जुगनू
जब रात होती है सबसे स्याह
होती नहीं आशा की किरण
बन कर जुगनू आती हो तुम
जब जीवन लगने लगे वीरान
अर्थहीन, नीरस और रंगहीन
बन कर ख़ुशबू आती हो तुम
दिन भर की आपाधापी में
मिलते हैं कितने ही आघात
बन कर चन्दन आती हो तुम
नहीं रहे जब कोई पूर्वाग्रह
हो चुका हूँ सपनों से आज़ाद
बन कर बंधन आती हो तुम
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 110
In the lurch
so
you
left me
in the lurch
forever transfixed
on the doorway to nothingness
All in vain
what
did
I not
cross for you
a road too narrow
and a bridge too far – all in vain
