Yun to banjar si thi
Meri dil ki zameen
Ye ehsas kya hai
Woh janta hi nahin
Yun jo aye ho tum
Banke halki si varish
Sochti hun khuda ki
Koi sajish to nahin
Ruthi hui khwabon ke
Is khali si asman main
Ek akela sitara hai tu
Jo aaj jake chamka hai
Ab iss roshni se teri
Vakif jo hua main
Darta hai ye dil, vapas
Jane se virano main
Ab itna to bata de, khuda
Yeh mohabbat hai
Ya nazar ka dhoka
Ya leher hai ek gunj ki
Jo hai ek pal ka mehaman
Sajake yeh tanha ashiyan
Phir lout jaega apna jahaan
Do they wither away
Like a colorful rose
plucked away from his home
Or become sharp like a broken glass
That can tear your skin apart
Are they somewhere
Hiding from the world, healing?
Are they lost
In a permanent state of mourning?
Or have they stopped beating
Left in a cold wooden box
In an open graveyard
For others to see
As an emblem of tragic love
Or are they the wanderers
Sitting on an unknown grave
Crying for a stranger
For a broken heart knows
The pain of thousand deaths
I was flying over the clouds
But still tethered to ground
I rebelled,
Broke the thread
And I soared into the sky
Higher than ever
Looking down
Towards the ground
But as the time flew
Even that freedom
started to taste bitter.....
I was your shadow
Always following you
In stormy nights
In grainy lights
Even in your darkest hours
When you were too immersed
In your own darkness to see me.
I was your air
Essence of your life
But unnoticed
Until the day I left
And you realised
What suffocation is.
I was your sun
You frowned
Whenever you looked at me
Hid yourself
In my presence
But you didn't realise
Without me
No dawn is coming.
I try to cry. I can’t. So used to not letting the tears flow, Holding them back. Conditioning learned from a young age. Well, at least I’m successful at something.
I try to cry. I can’t. A few tears seep out of my eyes… Then the feeling fades away. My brain, it feels like a sponge–
Full of dirty dish water. Try to wring it out. Then it fights back harder. One day, I will no longer feel This deep pain and sorrow.
If love is supposed to heal, how come yours made me numb?
[a better place]
I like it here
I like the tranquility
The soft glow of moon
And the hidden reality
I like the coolness of
Passing breeze on my skin
And the sound of leaves
Dancing along with it
I like the stars in this world
They don't mock me
Glancing down from their heaven
Here, they watch me
With a knowing smile
As if something good is to happen.
I like this place
I just don't know
How to hold onto it.
They tell you that the world is round,
That what you give, also comes around.
Then, why was I given deceit,
When I offered my trust?
Why, after all the secrets I shared,
You left me defenceless and bared.
So, tell me universe,
Was it all a lie?
They say time heals all wounds,
But mine gets sore with every ticking sound.
For once in my life,
I lowered the fences guarding my heart.
You smiled at me,
I thought, I already got the world.
But then you slashed me open,
Just to see what colour I bleed,
Did you ever stop to wonder,
how I would feel?
They say it's better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.
And forgive me universe for I don't believe you,
As it changed my notion of life leaving it askew.
Before I used to see the beauty of starry sky,
Now all I see is the swarming darkness.
As it left me stuck in a time,
the world long since forgot.
As it left me Stranded on a road,
people no longer venture.
So, forgive me universe for saying this,
but love is nothing but an illusion,
like the beauty of the ocean,
as it lures the guileless heart,
only to steal it's breath.