Anuish

I hear her voice So profound  So bewitching  I step out Out of my cave into the wilderness. I am far Far from home. I see her stare Her eyes into mine A gaze so strong My eyes burn The air, ablaze of toxic fumes But what does it matter?  For I am far Far from home.    Her heart’s a hole Once broken, Now hollow Devoid of hope Of anything that persists She begs for death Pleads for mercy Her scars bleed of venom The venom you stung her with.  She sings: How do I escape a heart that keeps wallowing in the filth of a petrifying past? as though she’d read my mind as though my brain was speaking Amidst the dilemma I recognize her She is me I am her I caress her hair  Her long, luscious hair I take her in my arms. With the warmth of an embracement, I find her  Filling in the emptiness Feeding me joy,  and faith Until she transformed Into what she truly was- Hope.  I now sing: that even in the darkest of nights,  There always is a star A st...

The senile street poles that speak of silver light, sparkling on me, like the magical creatures that flash through my eyes greeting me in my dreams.. The shadows cast on the road, telling me I'm not the only one left behind.  The smiling constellation making me wish for a shooting star.  The old lonesome tree with its weeping leaves held together by its brave branches assuring me I'm not alone. The meandering tone of a familiar song causing quiver to my bones. The baby plant enclosing my heart in its bushiness.. The rustling sand struggling to breathe under the tyres of a ferocious modern bus, spilling out dust, sinking into a pool of glitter on a pavement, spelling love.  A young girl sitting beside a pale, glass window, staring into the night, her mind clicking pictures of little things, her brain making notes of each and every moment as it passes by, her pupils refusing to meet any other soul..  The wind splashing her hair through her face, begging her not to leav...

 कैसे भूल जाते है हम.. वो लफ्ज़,  जिसने हमे मासूमियत सिखाई है। वो चहरा,  जिनसे हम सच्चाई समझते है। रंगीला बचपन जाने कौन ले गया.. हसरती,चमकती जवानी जाने क्यू रुला दिया..  हर एक वादा हर एक वृत जिनसे रिश्ते पलते थे जाने कब छूट गया..  कैसे भूल जाते है हम?  ज़िन्दगी छोटी है। क्यू भूल जाते है हम?  एक ही तो ज़िन्दगी है! न तेरे लिए रुकती है,  न मेरे लिए... सपनों की सीढ़िया चढ़कर,  बुराई जलाकर,  परायों को अपनाकर,  चलो, चलते है उस पहाड़ी की ओर जहा सब एक हो और एक रब हो॥

Riding bicycles Singing verses Laughing Running Embracing every moment Before it slips away Like you did I stare at the clouds But not the sky For its grandness  Scares me Refreshes my old excruciating scars Like you do I rejoice I dream I sing inner love But not today Today, I feel alone Today, I think of you Today I need you  With me To let me let go Let you go