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Safed Baadal ke patte (leaves of White clouds)

होंगे सफ़ेद बादल के पत्ते मेरे  पर मैं ज़मीन से जुड़ा हूँ  गुज़रे कई साल  पर मैं यहीं पे खड़ा हुआ हूँ  ना आसमान मुझपे मौताज़ फिर भी उस यक़ीन पे रुका हूँ  की जब बरसेंगे वो बादल  तो कहीं, उस से जुड़ जाऊँगा मैं  https://mytaleswithin.com/2024/05/10/leaves-of-white-cloud/

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”

You live only in memories

As the wheels moveInto the infernoHungry flames leapever ready to devour The flesh burnsAnd the ashes remainPutrid smell narrating the gruesome galoreThere breaksThe unseen mortal threadNothing to carry, No singing of a loreYet it tugs On the heavy heartsThat still beatDespite not existing anymore For only thereand nowhere elseIt’s existence remainsWhere it lives for evermore

Let the claps go on

Does my scrawl Figure on your scrollDo my verseTravel across to your universeI wonderAnd when it doesDoes your eyes lingerAnd stop the fidgety fingerDo the words penetrateDoes your heart resonateI wonderAnd if it doesThere must be a signThat creates the perfect rhymeOf the song in meEchoing in youAs I scrawlI wonder… Claps are the fuelForContinue reading “Let the claps go on”

I listen…yeah I do

What do you listen to while you work? I listen to the heart that guides me To my true destination I listen to the clock that tells me Life is flowing by I listen to the birds singing outside That tells me There is a world outside I listen to my boss Who tells meContinue reading “I listen…yeah I do”