The one to be remembered

What’s the first impression you want to give people? The first look The first feel A glance that meets And lingers a bit longer … A flutter there A flutter here A smile there A smile here … In the time Both wander away But the feeling remain etched And the moment frozen … NothingContinue reading “The one to be remembered”

Co-passengers of a while

I met themTravelled togetherSpoke and heard those moments we sharedI knew a part of themA part of me they knewWe knew each other Our selves we bared A coincidence it wasA chanced meetingNot something we planneddestiny got us pairedmemories remained Contacts were lostLike scribbles on sand With familiarity, both were scared To be strangersIt feltContinue reading “Co-passengers of a while”

Safar, muskurate hue guzarega

मिलने चलेअपने दोस्त से सफ़र यूँ ही मुस्कुराते हुए गुज़राहै दिल के क़रीब वो दोस्त है, भाई सा खून के रिश्तों से खराबैटकर बातें होंगी कुछ दोहरायी हुई और कुछ नयी कहने को है बहुत साराख़ुशियों का जश्न होगा नाचेंगे, हो के मस्त गाने भी गायेंगे कुछ सुर में, कुछ बेसुरा कई दिन हुए मिलेContinue reading “Safar, muskurate hue guzarega”

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 meansContinue reading “All that it means to me”

Still, in the storm

In the storm, two leavesTossed around MercilesslyAfraid of chaosLonely, hurt and uncertainBlown away to the nowhere Then in a momentIn a miraculous actThey lock togetherSwirling and dancing as onestill, together, forever In the eye of stormSwirling melodiouslyThe storm meant no threatEverything stood still and watchedOnly Song they heard, not roar