My Tales Within

Sleeping eyes

Rest

On trustful shoulders

Careful bosom

Breathing

Rhythmically

to rock the weary head

Heartbeats

Patting the cheeks

Caressing hands

Imitating the breeze

All the while

Time

Stays still

Unmoving

Lest it wakes up

The sleeping eyes

All that it means to me

They are back

Filling the empty house

voices

invading the silence

Flurry of activities

Edging on the chaotic

And yet the cacophony

has a calmness

Like a breezy music

On a sunny day

Alongside a gushing stream

I just watch

And I sit and wonder

If it makes sense

Yet it holds

All that means to me

I am fascinated by the sky

I am fascinated

by the sky

It play out a show

Every evening without a fail

With the sun

as an accomplice

And the clouds too

Both white and dark

In equal measure

Creating random patterns

Like a kaleidoscope

and tiles of colourful glasses

Random in form

to hide the artist

Casual and coincidental

to hide the master plan

The show plays

Everyday

Irrespective of the audience

Because the audience

Are the show too

And the sky watches them

Fascinated

Now

Describe one of your favorite moments.

As the car speeds on the highway, the moments pass

The rain

Sometime I just sit

Watch the rain

Wet the sky

Night

5-4-3-2-1 syllables

I don’t know if it’s a form

A form that’s got a name

But it sounded good

And so it’s poetry

It’s sounded like one for me

At least 😊

I turned. And she wasn’t there

I turned
And she wasn’t there

Sleep broke
Dream interrupted 
I turned
And she wasn’t there 

I walked too quick 
Kicking up the dust
I turned
And she wasn’t there

Wind blew
Tapping my shoulder
I turned
But she wasn’t there 

I waited 
For the next day
The world turned
Yet she wasn’t there

Closing my eyes
I saw her
In me forever 
She was always there

Spirit of the River

अपनी ही धुन में 
थिरकते पांव मदमस्त
बेख़ौफ़ बेफ़िक्र
दरिया की मौज

किनारों के अंकुश से 
कभी की वफ़ादारी
तो कभी बनी बाग़ी 
दरिया की मौज

चले समंदर की ओर
अपनी सुदबुध छोड़ कर
अपनी पहचान भूल कर 
दरिया की मौज

हिम की औलाद 
समंदर में समायी
रह गयी तो बस 
दरिया की मौज

In the clouds, there is no boundary

Far above the clouds
There lies no boundary
Down where the shadow travels
The bind remains same, but the rule changes

Flying as a speck in the sky
There is just the wind and sunshine
Down where lies the fissures
Meaning remains same, but the sound changes

Flying far above the din 
Blue sphere floats serene
Down below in the flat land
Sunshine remains, but colour of the skin changes

Far above the clouds
where there is no boundary
And down below where it’s divided
People remain same, the thought changes

Lipstick on the cup

#haiku

No goodbyes

दोस्तों के साथ 
छुट्टी का आया है मौक़ा 
भर के रखे खूबसूरत कपड़े
बस कोई नक़ाब नहीं रखा 

कुछ उसने किया 
कुछ हमने कर लिया 
सबसे बेहतर होने का 
ऐसा कोई ख़िताब नहीं रखा 

जितना सोचा 
उससे ज़्यादा खूबसूरत पाया 
जितनी सुंदर यादें बटोरी हैं 
वैसा तो कभी ख़्वाब में भी नहीं देखा 

कई नज़ारे देखे 
ख़ुशियों का ख़ज़ाना हाथ आया 
जितना भी मिला बाँट लिया 
बस कोई हिसाब नहीं रखा 

हर चीज़ ख़त्म हो जाती है 
अच्छे दिन शायद कुछ और जल्दी 
फिर मिलेंगे, ये जानते हैं 
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