In the din
of silence
I heard
The silent shriek
In the hollows
of the heart
It echoed
loud
The eyes
well up
With ripples of tears
glazed
Trickling
over the brim
Flowing freely
At last
Flowing unrestrained
Over the stony cheeks
till the creases
of the hesitant smile
There
it paused
Between the sad End
And a happy Beginning
The music of the flute
And the breath of the sound
is him
The smile on the lips
And the happiness within
is him
The moment in the flow of time
The past, present and future
is him
The twinkle in the eye
The beauty in the eyes
is him
The glitter of the seen
The presence of the unseen
Is him
The warmth in the hug
The unbridled love
is him
The hope in his birth
and the unborn forever
is him
#janmashtami
Music playing
in my ear
Earphones
filtering the noise
I am with me
Alone
Dancing unabashedly
in my mind
Yet sitting placid
for the outside
This imbecile foot
Tapping to the unheard rhythm
And that
imprudent smile
Giving away
My secrets
My music
Within
बादलों के परे हूँ मैं
शायद
आसमान हूँ मैं
ख़ुशियों की हवाओं में
है मेरी उड़ान
फिर भी परेशान हूँ मैं
अपने आप को ढूँढने निकला हूँ
अपने आप से
अनजान हूँ मैं
फ़िज़ाओं में क़ैद हूँ
हाँ ख़ुदा नहीं हूँ
इंसान हूँ मैं
Letters got typed
Sticking together to form words
they appear familiar
they mirror my thoughts
Sometimes truly
Sometimes to please
In their shadows
She stayed
screened and protected
They meant well
Always bearing the scorch
Shielding the sun
But little did they know
She never bloomed
She was missing the sunshine
Today she stepped out
Into the bright sun
her upturned face turning pink
In the dark he went
Leaving a scent behind
Alone I wait
On the edges
of darkness
The deep lonely black
Closing in on me
I stay alive
and sane
hanging on to the hope
Hanging precariously
on the imagined footsteps
On his cloths that hang
And a shrinking strip of light
Blank
Canvas
Stares back
Mirrors the mind
Blank
Thought
Appears
In the white
extended hands
Pull
There
Is Born
In friendship
A masterpiece
Love
#Whatdoyousee
#WDYS
#lanternpoem
Many colours
on our wings
We are like
the butterflies
Fluttering
in the breeze
In frolic and in pain
Always looking nice
The warm long hugs
The loud happy laughs
Pats on the heads
And the soothing lullabies
Talks on the swings
stretching into the night
songs of nostalgia
and a pair of moist eyes
Memories add a tinge
to the colours on our wings
Some dark crimson
Some matching the blue skies
Sun glides
on our wings
Turning dawn to dusk
Swiftly the time flies
We spring and fly
onwards on our own
Wings a bit laden
with tearful goodbyes
Bound to be back
tethered to our kaleidoscope of love
Like the rays of the sun
And the butterflies
My Tales Within