Ab hamesha tak (now forever)

पूरी तरह से 
मुकम्मल 
रूह तक जो
महसूस किया है 
वैसा एहसास है 

शुक्र ज़िंदगी का 
जो तेरा साथ है 
वहीं से
उस लम्हे से शुरू 
अब हमेशा तक 

फ़रक अब नहीं रहा 
दो जिस्मों में 
फिर भी, 
जी उठता हूँ 
जब भी, मेरे हमदम
तुमने छुआ है

Co-passengers of a while

I met them
Travelled together
Spoke and heard 
those moments we shared

I knew a part of them
A part of me they knew
We knew each other 
Our selves we bared 

A coincidence it was
A chanced meeting
Not something we planned
destiny got us paired

memories remained 
Contacts were lost
Like scribbles on sand 
With familiarity, both were scared 

To be strangers
It felt safer
To unabashedly express and say
things that we never shared

We knew we will never meet
We parted knowing so
Walking away quietly 
Looking back, none dared

I met them
Travelled together and parted
yet in heart they stayed
Only to be remember and to be cared

Take a Backseat

Sometimes 
One must take a backseat
Bit messy
Not particularly neat

Watching the traveled  path 
Roll out through the rear window
Reflecting on the past
And not worrying of the future

Watching the sun 
Peek through the passing trees
Shading the half open eyes
Sleepy but not tired

Hands free, Off the steering, 
but instead
folded on the resting neck
Supporting the relaxed head

Legs on the window
No longer on the peddles
No longer urging for speed
Or ready to press the brakes 

No longer in control
of the music console
Listening to
Whichever song that gets played

Waving to people following 
Spreading smiles, not rage
Waiting for the next ones to come
As each of them move off the stage

Sometimes 
You deserve to chill
Moving at your own pace, 
As per your will

Sometimes, you must pause 
and enjoy the treat
Sometimes 
One must 
take a backseat

Safar, muskurate hue guzarega

मिलने चले
अपने दोस्त से 
सफ़र यूँ ही 
मुस्कुराते हुए गुज़रा

है दिल के क़रीब वो 
दोस्त है, 
भाई सा 
खून के रिश्तों से खरा

बैटकर बातें होंगी 
कुछ दोहरायी हुई 
और कुछ नयी 
कहने को है बहुत सारा

ख़ुशियों का जश्न होगा 
नाचेंगे, हो के मस्त 
गाने भी गायेंगे 
कुछ सुर में, कुछ बेसुरा 

कई दिन हुए 
मिले नहीं 
फिर भी लगा 
बिछड़े ही नहीं 

मिलते रहेंगे
अपने दोस्त से, 
सफ़र यूँ ही 
मुस्कुराते हुए गुज़रेगा