इस मौके को पहचानता हूँ
चूक गया था पिछली बार यहीं
इस बार बड़ी मशक्कत की है
पूरा तैयार हूँ,इस बार
बड़ी ताक लगा कर बैठा था
जाने कैसे आँख लग गयी
पलक झपकते मौक़ा गया
एक बार फिर से वो शाम गयी
अब ना किया, किसी मौके का इंतज़ार
ना किया मशवरा अच्छे महुर्रत का
रखा कदम मंजिल की तरफ़,
और वो मौक़ा अगली मोड़ पर मिल गया
Yun hi aksar
मैं सोचता हूँ
ये अक्सर
की ये दुनिया
जो बह रही है
चंचल, बेसब्र
नदी की तरह
किस तरफ़
का रुख़ है इसका
कौनसे सागर में
जा मिलती है ये आख़िर
कहाँ उसका
ठिकाना है
बस बह रही है
अटखेलियाँ लिए
तेज़ कदमों से
बस यूँ ही
I am awake
I sleep
I dream
I do whatever I want
…
I wake up
I forget I am dreaming
I do whatever is right
How can I be free?
What does freedom mean to you?
How can I be free
when all I do
is to tie myself in knots
I create for myself
what I must do
and a list that I dare not
—-
How can I be free
if in my mind
I seek to be free
That seed of seeking
of being something
that I am not
Breath
we breath out
you breath in
we are connected
we never killed you
you are killing us
Takiye ka Geelapan (Wet pillows)
दर्द छिपाओगे तो,
कहीं तो निकलेगा
पूछेंगे वो जो हाल,
तो क्या बतलाओगे?
——-
कहीं तो नज़र आयेगा
वो आँसू
तकिये का गीलापन,
कैसे छिपाओगे?
—-
मान गए वो,
कहा करलो अपने मन की,
सोच लो पूरी तरह से,
क्या फिर भी कर पाओगे ?
—-
क्यों रखी ऐसी फ़रियाद,
उनसे कौन पूछेगा
ता उम्र कोशिश करूँगा,
तुम इंतिज़ार कर पाओगे ?
it’s Heaven
Hey hey hey
Open your eyes
This is heaven
It’s everything
That heaven can be
Fluffy clouds
Strumming harps
and some merry wine
I am happy
I am born in heaven
Let’s have some fun
Till there is still time
Winged angels
Are a myth
No better than
Humming bee
Few things you pay for
Many a thing
Are there for free
I am happy
I am born in heaven
Let’s order some wine
Till it isn’t a crime
You get all
That you wanted
You can order
on a e-store
Delivered
On your doorstep
Everything is on offer
Whatever you need and more
I am happy
I am born in heaven
Let’s go make some hay
Till you can see the sunshine
What’s on your mind
Why try and run
You look worried
you spoil the fun
Where would you go
Other side is no hell
Wherever you go
It’s all heaven
I am happy
I am born in heaven
Let’s be happy till I die
Till the time, it ain’t my time
It’s heaven
Never hell
Who else to believe
Who else to tell
Let’s order some wine
Till there is still time
A place of no return
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?
I don’t want to go
to a place from where I can’t return
‘Permanence’ looks good apparently
but it’s the most scariest thing
So a BIG NO to the Place of no return
Nothing like Lear
To do justice to an awesome play act Nothing Like Lear by Rajat Kapoor—performed (brilliantly) by Vinay Pathak
I needed a couple of Haiku
17 syllables were just ain’t enuf
so here it is…
Mixed in funny tears
Alas t’was ‘nothing like Lear’
We waited for Shakespeare
Then it was revealed
A magic trick so real
t’was Lear after all
a must see
I am learning still
Describe something you learned in high school.
what I learned
was not part of the books
I sat dreamy
looking more outside the window
than inside
The scratches of the chalk
and the shrill voice of the teacher
were sometimes a distraction
or sometime a bizarre music
there I learned to live in my head
and to screen out the world
Tying to keep the mind free
I tried
I am trying
My Tales Within 