Ye Khali Raat

ये ख़ाली रात इंतज़ार से भर गई जब समेटने लगे तो मोहब्बत के सिवा कुछ ना मिला नींद को लेके कहीं दूर चलीं हैं, कुछ फ़िक्र की झुर्रियाँऔर जब मुड के देखा तो रुकी हुई सुइयों के सिवा कुछ ना मिला कदम बड़े हिसाब से उठे लहरों से बच कर ज़िंदगी चली पाओं के निशानContinue reading “Ye Khali Raat”

The fair #haiku

The fair was in the makingWith tents, wares and bannersFilling the bland venueAttractive goodsArrived in truckloads Glittering and mouth watering Shining and newEach pricedBeyond their valueSeeking Beyond what’s dueThen arrived the peopleIn swarms like beesSeeking the wantsMuch beyond their needsIn their convergenceLay the war of needsevery transaction foughtwith the deadly arsenal of greedIn the endContinue reading “The fair #haiku”

Dark night that walks

There is a dark skyThat walksAcross the scatteringOf Little sparksThen in time it turnsTo the bright blue sideIn keeping, with the pattern,That It must abideIn many such cyclesTravels forward the timeIn its ashes, soon forgottenIs all that I adored as mineAnd then when the urn is filledUp to the brim, piles up the grimeIt wouldContinue reading “Dark night that walks”