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Ye Khali Raat

ये ख़ाली रात इंतज़ार से भर गई जब समेटने लगे तो मोहब्बत के सिवा कुछ ना मिला नींद को लेके कहीं दूर चलीं हैं, कुछ फ़िक्र की झुर्रियाँऔर जब मुड के देखा तो रुकी हुई सुइयों के सिवा कुछ ना मिला कदम बड़े हिसाब से उठे लहरों से बच कर ज़िंदगी चली पाओं के निशानContinue reading “Ye Khali Raat”

The fair #haiku

The fair was in the makingWith tents, wares and bannersFilling the bland venueAttractive goodsArrived in truckloads Glittering and mouth watering Shining and newEach pricedBeyond their valueSeeking Beyond what’s dueThen arrived the peopleIn swarms like beesSeeking the wantsMuch beyond their needsIn their convergenceLay the war of needsevery transaction foughtwith the deadly arsenal of greedIn the endContinue reading “The fair #haiku”

You live only in memories

As the wheels moveInto the infernoHungry flames leapever ready to devour The flesh burnsAnd the ashes remainPutrid smell narrating the gruesome galoreThere breaksThe unseen mortal threadNothing to carry, No singing of a loreYet it tugs On the heavy heartsThat still beatDespite not existing anymore For only thereand nowhere elseIt’s existence remainsWhere it lives for evermore

Words out of the Cage

Few words escaped my clamped cage grouping together They climbed up on the stage They were incitedby the persuasive thought One that ignited the mindto go boldly, beyond the taught In a group there is a shared courageAfraid and trembling, no moreThey stand together on the stageUp on the stage They gather up in aContinue reading “Words out of the Cage”