To the newer me

In the future
lies a new me
older
but closer
to the one
I want to be

My steps
are small
yet resolute
guided and cajoled
by the
newer me

In the March
to the glorious future
I leave footsteps
of mine
on the virgin sands of time
for everyone
to see

In each step
there remains
a part of me
for
I am the destination
and
the path
is also me

Morning Chai

PC: Preeti

ये चाय की प्याली
समेटे है अपने में पूरी सुबह
वो सुबह की ताजगी
वो सौंधी सी महक
और वो अपना ज़ायक़ा
और उसमें घुली यादें
है सुबह खूबसूरत
जैसे ये चाय की प्याली

Surgery – Emergency

A part of me
which wasn’t me
I tore it
away

it feasted on me
its fangs
within me
deep

on my face
over my flesh
it pretended
to be me

fooled everyone
with its
incredible magic
including me

till it tore
into my heart
threatening to steal
what was me

and then I knew
for the options were few
it needed
to be surgically removed

and that’s
what I did
a surgery
much delayed

cutting away
what wasn’t me
to reveal
what was truly me