एक प्यारा साथी
अपना सुना हुआ सा गाना
थोड़ी सी हवा
धीरे से चलते लम्हे
और सफ़र क्या है
ठंडी खामोशी
थोड़ी गरम साँसे
ना मौक़े की तलाश
ना कोई मायूसी
और हासिल क्या है
कुछ फ़ुरसत
कुछ धूप
ठंडी घास
और नंगे पाँव
और सुकून क्या है
Mind wanders astray
Words remain beyond keyboard
Coffee grows colder
Humanity
Stacked in rows
Secured by belts
On the assigned seats
Some paid
Some free
Moving as one mass
To the common destination
Confined
In the fixed space
Static inside
Surging outside
Cocooned in thoughts
Each one his own
Together yet separated
in the clouds
Some remain strangers
Some make friends
Pilot steers
On the preset path
through turbulent weather
The hostess maintains calm
Some sleep
Some pray
The wings
Spread wide
Slicing through the air
Responsive to the joystick
Sometime level
Sometime on a dive
Tyres screech on tar
It’s a touchdown
End of journey
at the destination
Some returning
Some leaving
They scatter
Onwards on their own life
Released from the seats
Apparently free
Some remember
Some forget
शुभकामनाएँ
है आपको
आज
दिवाली की
दीपों से सजी
रोशनी से भरी
रहे हर शाम
दिवाली सी
नटखट पटाकों से
हँसी के ठहाकों से
भरी हो हर शाम
दिवाली सी
दीयों की आँच से
भस्म हो मन का मैल
शुभ हो ये रात
दिवाली की
शुभकामनाएँ
है आपको
रोशनी की
दिवाली की
Divine lights shine bright
Darkness of mind is dispelled
May Love and peace prevail
#haiku
The walls meet
at the corner
Enclosing the space
There is a Room in the walls
Windows open
Letting in the sunlight
And some fresh air
There a living space in the room
Door hears a knock
There they come
filled the space with love
There is a home in the space
Laughter reverberates
Tears wiped on the shoulder
Together we live
Creating zillion memories in my home
Let’s stay here
For a moment
Let’s stay
In this moment
Fixed in time
There is no beyond
There is no forever
There is just here
There is just the now.
चलो
रह जाते हैं
इस लम्हे में कहीं
ए ज़िंदगी
तू गुज़र जा
चलो
रह जाते हैं
इस मुस्कुराहट में कहीं
ए उदासी
तू गुज़र जा
चलो
बन जाते हैं
एक ख़ूबसूरत सी याद
ए समय
तू गुज़र जा
बड़ी जल्दी है
ए ज़िंदगी तुझे
तेरे बेसब्र पैरों तले
कुचले गए
फ़ुरसत भरे लम्हे
कई
ढूँढोगे जब
वो ख़ुशी
ओर वो
महकाती हँसी
छोड़ा था जहां
पाओगे वहीं
उस आख़री मोड़ पे
उस ढलती शाम को
रुक जाओगे
जब थक कर कभी
मुस्कुराता हुआ मिलूँगा
इस लम्हे में यहीं
A moment
A lifetime
Always together
One step at a time
Sharing a laugh
Shedding a tear
Always in bliss
One step at a time
Celebrations of success
Trepidation of failures
Holding hands always
One step at time
The warm hug
Heartbeats Resonate
Always in embrace
One step at a time
A breath
A fragrance
The endless infinite kiss
One step at a time
Friends
Smitten in love
On a forever journey together
One loving step at a time
So pure and white
could have been yellow
May be used on the forehead
But most of the time, for the below
Made of the same stuff
Like the books on the shelf
One brimming with wisdom
Other stained with remains of rectum
Each having a purpose
And a rung on the ladder of priority
Each one satisfies a need
for leisure, or a matter of necessity
One may be read
While you perform the act
The need for the other
Is usually after the complete act
Those pages are filled with words
This paper is corrugated and stark
One is filled with stories and stuff
Other has a possibility, that’s dark
It may aspire to be written on
Of stories, ideas, scribbled or typed
But stuck on the roll
It is more likely to be swiped
For both, from the bark of the tree
the origins are the same
Yet, One may live in ignominy
While other may revel in fame
The place makes the difference
On the shelf or in the loo
What you are, is often marred
by what you usually do
I wrote this thought
On a strip of that toilet roll below
Does that make my thoughts
Pure white or yellow??
My Tales Within