पंख

नन्हे चूजे ने पंख फड़फड़ाये 

और फिर 

वो भी उड़ गया

घोंसलों में घर 

बन तो जाता है

बस नहीं पाता | 

सागर

कुछ बूंदें,
यूँ कह कर के
मत मांगो;

मैं देता हूँ
लो तुम पूरा सागर ले लो |

मैं विष पीकर जीता आया हूँ

......फिर जी लूँगा 

ले लो,
तुम अमृत की गागर ले लो

कुछ बूंदें क्यूं

सागर ले लो | 

घोर अमां आई है ?
आई रहने दो

ओह, कालिमा छाई है ?
छाई रहने दो

चांद नहीं है आसमान में ?

अहे, चांदनी से क्या होगा ....

अहे, चांदनी से क्या होगा ,

मैं पी लेता हूँ अंधकार भी

लो, तुम प्रखर प्रभाकर ले लो

कुछ बूंदें क्यूं

सागर ले लो;

कुछ बूंदें क्यूं

सागर ले लो | 

~ SD

होना, ना-होना

मेरा होना
तुम्हारे ना-होने के साथ
ख़त्म होता जा रहा है |

कितनी बार
पगलायी सी उम्मीद करती हूँ -
तुम्हारे हाथ आकर रोक लेंगे
कि बस
अब समेटो ख़ुद को
उठो और जियो


मेरे बिना ही |

कूच

मृत्यु सबको आती है

जीते बहुत हैं 

याद चंद किये जाते हैं  

और पीड़ा .. 

पीड़ा है सिर्फ तुमसे

तुम्हारे पारगमन से 

तुम्हारी कूच से 

बसंत

बारिश की धूप
गर्मियों वाली हवा

ना पूरा सुकून
ना मुकम्मल सज़ा

मखमल में लिपटी
खैरातों का अन्तर्द्वन्द

समझेगा शायद ये
बर्फ की चादर में लिपटा हुआ बसंत

Wanderer

When you cant solace

You distract

And distract more

When you cant bridge

You distance 

And distance more

When you stop believing 

You trust 

And trust more

The thing about these
Pauses...
Dilemmas...
Incompleteness...

Is ...

You wander
All  The  More.

बे-ताल

रास्ते
ना याद हो तो
गुम हो जाया करते है

मंज़िलें
दिखती ना हो तो
थक ही जाया करते है



आँख
अपनी बंद हो तो
अँधेरे ही दिखते है

दो कदम
बे-ताल* हो तो
लड़खड़ा ही पड़ते है






*बे-ताल - out of sync

Alignment

Alright, you will be
may not be the same,
still need to be around
and keep up the flame.

there will be dark nights
and then some bright days,
might miss crucial tracks
but can still find ways.

the motive is crushed?
create another;
Align Yourself
and see the winner.

That day

That day -
when you messaged
I knew my world was going to fall apart

It was time I killed my faith in God
I was about to live what would haunt me forever
When the savior himself asks,
You so know everything is over!


That day -
When we met
There were no tears
Only the bitterness of mortal reality
The bliss-you.
The wound - your steps towards eternity!

Deprivation

लाखों तारे, आसमान में
एक मगर ढूंढे ना मिला
देख के दुनिया की दिवाली
दिल मेरा चुपचाप जला...


All the milestones, incomplete without you
the festivals, formality.
we lived together, near or far
we left together, seems the reality

the bodies exist; among other things
for, they can be fed
Soul is tarnished
thoughts, crippled
the heart won't ever be glad


Don't you worry, I am all strong
much more than I ever was
but die to hear -
sonny, kiddo, bachcha!
pine for the warmest hug!
deprived of your utmost wisdom, class
I seek solace in whatever does pass!

Water under the bridge

In the flow of the chasm, when the rocks kiss my boat
I’m not startled anymore, my merriment still afloat
I know this day and the one before that
Is water under the bridge, I’ll live to remember and quote.


The salt under the tongue when they whispered you were finished
The steam in the chest left of someone you cherished
That morning you woke up and found a dream had vanished

The steel of the eyes when you were near a piece of dust
That urge to yell at sky when u won when win was must
And the time someone quietly said, u will do it I fully trust.

In the flow of the chasm, when I reach a turn I could see
But not a whiff of what lies - beyond that low hanging tree
And yet I go on for there is something that grew in me
It’s on the blind turns in life, that I’ll find a piece of me


-SD

King

it was a dark night
  the king had returned from the battle
  enemies nor the friends would ever know;
  but
  the king was tired.
  it was a dark night

  His head was high
  His eyes were open
  feet firm on the ground
  and dreams intact
  standing alone in his camp
  till his last breathe
  he couldn't be otherwise;
  nobody knew he would fall any time
  dead, that is.

  the king was tired
  it was a dark night.

  then on the horizon
  just before the midnight
  a lovely star shone
  she was looking for the king
  since he was gone

  she smelled no fragrance
  but of her self
  she knew no stories
  but of her love.

  his eyes open but seeing nothing
  king didn't know
  she came running;

  and hugged him .

  who never knew of support
  would never ask for it
  would fall only if dead
  eyes still open.
  his honour in that dark cold night
  was held high.

  not by the kingdoms he built
  not by the glory he had
  not by the army he captained
  nor by the god he thought he was .

  but ,
  by a hug from his little love
  when he just needed support
  but would never hear of it.

  -SD

U n Me

the roads to reach you
were bumpy.. wild,
n you had warned
go take them mild.

but it was a different world..

the bumps were tough
'mild' was not the key.
when you were not you,
I couldn't be me!


And here we are
hurt n lost,
prices we've paid
nowhere near the cost.


now lets get healed
reach somewhere together,
where we could see things
same as the other.. for the other!

that constant thing!

you too came by,
you too will leave

what will stay
A lone eve.


no words will ease
no sound will please

none of the wisdom
will help relieve,

the pain that reaches
while you depart,

wish it could help,
hold thy heart !

Shelley's me

Teach me half the gladness
        That thy brain must know,
    Such harmonious madness
        From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now!


Lucky to have a few sincere critics around :)  they never fail to tell (as and when they get aware of) me the truth, at least their perception of it .

Getting complaints of being melancholic!
Not sure who and what to blame. Looking around for an answer..


We look before and after,
        And pine for what is not:
    Our sincerest laughter
        With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

parallel lines :-/

the fate of parallel lines

they go along all the way
synced, consistent, together
only to meet never

they can be close
but must follow different tracks
to qualify as themselves

they can fade away
but cant think of merging
lest they break the rule!


and here I see coming... SO WHAT ???!!! :P

... sometimes you just get these out of the blue thoughts when you are on an off from office, lie on bed, down with cold and not able to sleep due to this irritating running nose !!! :(

Mirror

mirror, mirror on the wall

do you belong to some actress
oblivious of her heart,
ever wanting to be admired
for the makeup man's art.

afraid of anonymity
ignoring the voice within,
she cared for masks
more than her own skin.

couldn't she ever
let herself stay,
just coz she was known
some other way.


mirror, mirror on the wall

have you turned friendly
or still speak the truth?
why don't you tell her
a lot more she is worth!

all she'll get
is comedown and pity,
by drifting away
from
her wonderful originality!

Revisit

the thought of tracing back
those few steps of mine
is unwanted n scary
n tough to determine!

why was I trapped
to threads unseen
no efforts could resolve,
how-so-ever keen.

would you only watch
or try to answer
the queries unquestioned
that I still ponder;

or shall I assume:

not everything is to be told
to the world..out n bold,

few are meant to realize n cure
to make d recovery fast n sure...

Irony

I wandered a whole long day

and a sleepless night,

for stars to be soother

and sun to be bright..

respectively  !!

Another start

When things don't go my way
they dont have to
but I just wish they do

everytime I have to take a turn
I dont always like,
the effort of finding new path
and knowing the people by side!
what if they don't turn good
and wouldn't match the stride.
would they ever understand me
or should I even try?

Oh, I even see another start
to carry things the right way,
... a better play of my part!!