A few words unsaid...

a quick glance here...

and a coy smile there...

a discomfort in the air...

and a squirm in his chair...

a long quiet sigh...

and a short teary eye... 

a quiet fragrance....

and a noisy silence...

sands of time slips...

paused by coffee sips...

an anguish unread...

and few words unsaid...

¿;-)

A wildflower...

It blooms to a most beautiful self...

Deep inside the forest where it dwells...

Not for strangers' time spent to beguile..

Not even for a kind gaze or to bring a smile..

I know it would still bloom all the same...

Not one to look for a praise or any fame.

All that I pray in my darkest hour...

Is to be every bit like a wildflower.

¿;-)

[A flower in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest]

Questions

I would like you to stay with me forever...

Would you?

I will wait for you till the end of time...

Will you?

I truly believe you are the one for me...

Do you?

I wish I had really asked you so....

But I could never say what I felt...

Could you?

¿;-)

Two birds on a tree

In the woods on my evening stroll...

I saw a silent tree with no leaf to fall...

On different branches perched they were...

gazing intently at the horizon somewhere...

just the two little birds on that tree...

One another they just didn't see...

But only saw the sun that went down...

as the woods got their golden crown...

Listening to the playful river flow...

while the summer day lost it's glow...

One flew away in search of that light...

The other stayed to spend the night.

¿;-)

the good bye

As the sun was setting in the distant horizon...

final few moments spent together in silence...

She turned to him and whispered few words...

He was too distracted with his thoughts...

This feeling was all too familiar yet very strange...

Why did he have to go through this again...

The answers he always knew but did not care...

He lies to himself more than he cares to admit...

She smiled and gave him a briefest of hug...

Maybe it was her goodbye without saying so...

She handed him a scribble as she left...

He held onto it tightly... his heart pounding...

too curious... yet too scared...

That night... he finally opened the note...

It said "Never change, be yourself".

Years have passed...

He still remembers her smile...

He still feels her caress...

He can still smell her fragrance...

And he still asks himself...

Am I myself or should I change?

¿;-)

 

A life in a day....

Every day you wake...

again you are born...

With a smile of hope...

or with your heart torn...

Every night you sleep...

you simply die...

Your life's nothing but...

the day gone by...

¿;-)

A weekday rhyme...

कभी इंतज़ार किया करते थे...

किसी के आ जाने का...

कभी इंतज़ार किया करते थे...

किसी के आ जाने का...

अब ना शिकायत करते है...

किसी के चले जाने का।

[Transliteration]

Kabhi intezar kiya karte the...

Kisi ke aa jaane ka...

Kabhi intezar kiya karte the...

Kisi ke aa jaane ka...

Ab na shikayat karte hai...

Kisi ke chale jaane ka.

 ¿;-)

अधूरे से... [Adhure se...]

अधूरा सफर...

अधूरा सा सपना...

अधूरी कहानी...

अधूरी सी ज़िन्दगी...

अधूरे ख़्वाब...

अधूरे से हम...

¿;-)

[Transliteration]

Adhura safar...

Adhura sa sapna...

Adhuri kahani...

Adhuri si zindagi...

Adhure khwaab...

Adhure se hum...

¿;-)

When I get to see you...

That moment when I get to see you...

I believe everything will be alright...

My smile just a mirror of your glow..

I hear music as the cold wind blows...

My heart feels a joy that I can't describe...

And then you'll be gone as the sands of time slip away.

To be with you is like life itself... Evanescent.

¿;-)

#latepost

A full moon date...

and you arrive.... radiant as ever

joy you bring when your glow caresses me

O how much I missed you

I await the stories that people told you

and the prayers that were made to you

then you silently hear me

not just what I say but what I don't

I know you will leave me soon

only to return on a night of full moon.

You stay to watch me fall asleep

a promise of a date you always keep.

¿;-)

डर लगने लगा है... [Darr lagne laga hai...]

डर लगने लगा है,

जब हमें तोलते है...

हमारी शख्सियत से नही हमारी बोली से

हमारे इररादों से नही हमारी जात से

हमारे विचारों से नही हमारी औकात से

डर लगने लगा है,

के वादों की कोई अहमियत नही...

खुदगर्ज़ी से कोई परहेज नही...

अब यूँ रंग बदलते है इंसान...

दिन ढलते मुकर जाते है वादे भी।

मुस्कुराहट के पीछे कई राज़ होते है...

लफ़्ज़ों में न कोई जस्बात होते है।

अपनी खुशी दूसरों के आसूं ही सही...

आख़िर कोसना तो मजबूरी को ही है।

डर लगने लगा है... क्या बदलता दौर है या बदलता इंसान है?

¿;-)

[Transliteration]

Darr lagne laga hai,

jab humhe tolte hai...

Humhari shaksiyat se nahi humhari boli se

Humhare irradon se nahi humhari jaat se

Humhare vicharon se nahi humhari aukaat se

Darr lagne laga hai,

Ke vaadon ki koi ahmeeyat nahi...

Kudhgarzi se koi parhez nahi...

Ab yu rang badalte hain insaan...

Din dhalte mukar jaate hai vaadein bhi.

Muskurahat ke peeche kayi raaz hote hai...

Lafzon mein na koi jasbaat hote hai.

Apni khushi doosre ke aasoon hi sahi...

Aakhir kosna toh majboori ko hi hai

Darr lagne laga hai... Kya badalta daur hai ya badalta insaan hai?

¿;-)

A night in a storm...

been told life's troubles one has to share...

but only with those souls who truly care.

There lies the puzzle you just can't solve...

if one's a true soul or on a evil resolve.

What's in the past is not meant to be...

What's in the future you can't see.

Where you came from you can't go...

Where you will be you can't know.

When the thunderstorm has passed away...

when the mighty oak has lost its sway...

when far away flashes lights the way...

moments that grip you, makes you pray...

It's the stillness that'll set you free...

Your tears washed away with glee...

In her eternal cold embrace you'll finally see...

a place where you are finally meant to be.

¿;-)

A late starry night

Sands of time slither away...

I'm still wide eyed as day.

Flashes of times gone by come my way...

smiles and tears that refuse to go away.

Or is it the fear of future or unknown I can't say...

myriads of thoughts that just don't let me stay.

The answers I seek now I can't seem to find...

is it in my times ahead or in my days behind.

Sands of time slither away...

I'm still wide eyed as day.

A mind lost and tired of running around...

my piece of quiet that I have not yet found.

Tonight, will the sleep fairy come my way...

to give me sweet dreams as the stars play.

¿;-)

By the river Nile...

I have lived my days in the dark

Life's sombre moments left its mark

I have had my days of despair

Then those where I didn't care

O' nights spent quivering in fear

For whom I cared 'n shed a tear

Times when I felt just fine

Like it's my time in sunshine

As I enjoy the view from the river bank

Think of blessings, I have my life to thank

It's not been easy all these while

But that's life, you carry on with a smile

¿;-)

Moments of life

I hear the waves crash on the beautiful shore... 

they sound like cheers I want to hear once more.

A gentle breeze blows with mist from the sea...

a million drops of memory that life's meant to be.

Things I care for... I hold on too tight...

an emotion that just feels quite right.

As time slips away like grains of sand...

reminiscing under the night sky I stand.

The moon peeks from behind the clouds to see...

if I still remember the places he's been with me.

He tells me stories of hope from ages ago...

to not give up even when many would let go.

I drift away into dreams... of days ahead of me...

of the people I will meet... the places I like to be.

The sights I have to see, the stories I like to hear...

those moments of life that I love and hold dear.

¿;-)

A new beginning...

Persevere with your efforts as the days pass...

relentless like the grains of time in an hourglass.

May your naysayers voices all be drowned...

in the sweet melody of your success abound.

As the fire within you illuminates the darkness...

you'll find the way to your castle of happiness.

Your poems will find all of its missing rhymes...

and the clocks will discover the blissful times.

Happy New Year!

¿;-)

कुछ लम्हें...

Moonlight [revisited]

A beautiful moon in all its pristine glory...
a smile that remembers a blissful story...

A warm summer night lit all bright...
the cloak of darkness far from sight...

A mesmerizing full moon lights up the night...
filling you with joy that makes you feel alright...

A resplendence that gives you reprieve...
from many dreary nights of grieve...

I stare at the beautiful moonlit view...
reminiscing moments spent with you...

In my heart I know, so I don't pray...
A fool's wish to make the moon to stay...

¿;-)

A smoke screen

I wait for some unknown or I wander away...
I care for days gone or let my mind sway...
Am I glad for being lost or sad for being astray...
I sit here hidden by a smoke screen.

Terrible it is to fear the unknown...
Even worse to lose the will to know...
I don't quiver as the cold winds blow...
I sit here warmed by a smoke screen.

Kind words meant to soothe...
Even fail to muffle the truth...
There are only few that care...
So I sit here caressed by a smoke screen.

places with lights of hope I've many been..
many a people with smiles brilliant seen...
All that just fades away my friend...
I sit here blinded by a smoke screen.

¿;-)

A dream unseen

a lifeless smile...
a missing caress...
and a loveless kiss.

an enlightened darkness
an ever fading gleam...
a life stuck in some dream.

a promise unkept...
a tear unshed...
and a goodbye unsaid.

a deafening silence...
a silent scream...
a life stuck in some dream.

¿;-)