TRUST SEED

Ah the trust seed you sow
To watch it handsomely grow
The perpetual care you, on me shower
Letting my dreams be alive and flower

The way we laugh, sway together
Taking care all the blessings we gather
Walking on path smooth or steep
Together we laugh, think or weep

The world’s along us
Or we miss the bus
Winds dancing our way
Determined, come what may

Overcoming all the worldly strife
Gaining the experience of life
You and I, I and you run along
Singing the sweetest of sweet song

The confidence in you I have
The belief in me you have
You watch it handsomely grow
Yes the trust seed I sow

Why did you say I am beautiful

Why did you say I am beautiful?
This earth has but one graceful
Voice - sprinkling water, full of sweetness
Heart childlike full of tenderness

You said on my forehead does the sun rise
The sparkling stars twinkle in my eyes
Untied hair were the clouds floating
My words-honeyed, were ever enchanting

We were inseparable like scent and flowers
Into each other’s eyes we would gaze for hours
Life was sincere responsibility, still was fun
Come what may, from trouble we would not run

You said the faults were – often, majorly yours
To harmonize the relation – efforts, of course ours
Reasons superficial but galore you drifted
My silent words but no longer gifted

We, our being full of pain and longing
Still we couldn’t be each other’s belonging
The parting, an amicable solution be graceful
Still why did you say I am beautiful.

बिरहा

घने तरुवर की छाया

उनके रुप-रंग की माया

ये सूरज का उगना

वो चाँद का ढलना

वो खोए खोए नैन

दिल बिरहा बेचैन

ये नदिया का किनारा

वो मौजों का सहारा

ओंठों पर प्रेमगीत

छाए हुए हैं जिनमें मीत

ये सूनी नाव की ठौर

वो खड़ा पर्वत कठोर

पाँवों में पायल की सरगम

आँखें उसकी यादें से नम

ये क्यारी में मुस्काते फूल

वो मेघ उमड़कर बरसाते शूल

चहचहाते पंछी लौटते घौंसलों में

सुलगने लगी मेहंदी अब हाथों में

ये मुस्काते चाँद की झुलसाती चाँदनी

वो जाते सूरज की रुलाती रोशनी

DON'T WORRY I LOVE YOU A LOT

Don’t worry my love
I love you a lot
There is helplessness
Frustration a lot
Life’s stopping my pace
Hurdles to overcome a lot
Dreams going haywire
To gather broken pieces a lot
Images of people shatter
Those shreds pierce a lot
You ache mutely telling
You belong to me a lot
The helplessness, frustration
You are not to be blamed
Pace stopper, hurdles, shattered dreams
You are not to be blamed
It is the mindset of people
Which is to be blamed
That they don’t realize you can do it
It is to be blamed
That you want to live a life
They cant understand is to be blamed
Don’t worry my stump
I love you a lot

PHANTOM PAIN

O! that sharp pain pierced once again
This time at different place
It is gnawing again
There’s no remedy
No pill, nothing to ease it
Still it feels nice also
Tries to stay still, no movement
To let the sensation stay in
Pain though brings helplessness
It gives the feel how it was
Before it became a stump
The pain, the phantom pain.

STUMP

I look at the stump and wonder
Was there or is the life yonder
It was there as a base
And no there was no haste
Slowly and slowly it withered
Became a vegetable never imagined
Hope was, but a, distant dream
Tears, Oh now and then used to gleam
Then came the time of judgement
The stump was but the remnant
Winds that blew away the shriveled foliage
Had been vehement, so full of rage
Now all over there was calm
Applying balm, no the rage was not a sham
Stump stumbled back to life
Will it or wont it everywhere was the rife
A new sapling was grown
To many it seemed was its own
Now it’s giving shade no wonder
Was there or is the life yonder

antarnaad

बचपन को नज़र भर देख ताक पर रखा

वो शरारतों से भरा निश्छल बचपन

हर वक्त महकता कोलाहल भरपूर

ममता की छॉव में पलता

जिन्दगी नन्हें दिमाग से तौलता

उसने यौवन की दहलीज़ पर कदम रखा

आँखों में मदमाते स्वप्न

पलकों में ममता का नूर

इठलाती, बलखाती जवानी

कई नजरें थी उसकी दिवानी

वक्त के दिए साथ का उसने मान रखा

वो साथी से शर्मिला मिलन

हर पल बन गया था कोहिनूर

नैनों ने नैनों से की अनगिनत बातें

कटे ऐसे ना जाने कितनी दिन कितनी रातें

गम ने चोरी से पिछवाड़े से कदम रखा

सूनी धरती सूना हो गया गगन

रोते-रोते हो गई आँखों बेनूर

साथी का साथ छूट गया

आँचल खाली ही रह गया

जिन्दगी ने क्यों ममता से वंचित रखा

थी कितनी वो खुशियों में मगन

और अब लबों से हँसी हो गई दूर

काश उसने कहा होता हाँ

आज उसे कोई कहता माँ

जलछाया

वो नन्हा सा कमल

खिला भरपूर मस्ती से

भरा हवा के संग बहता

लहरों पर मचलता

धीरे-धीरे अलहड़पन आया

मादक खुशबू का नशा छाया

मस्ती ने स्थिरता ली

यौवन ने स्निग्घता दी

एक भँवरा इक दिन मंडराया

उसको खुशबू संग ले आया

सोने का था सुन्दर पात्र

पर था उसमें जल ही मात्र

फिर आई नन्ही कमलिनी

खुशबू लिए भिनी भिनी

पर भँवरा छिटक गया

किसी मंज़र पर भटक गया

ममता से भरपूर कमल

पर अपनों से दूर कमल

बस कमलिनी गोद में

न कोई भ्रमर प्रमोद में

आह ताल से बिछडने का गम

कहाँ है वो जिसमें हुए मैं से हम

बस सोने का था पात्र

थी उसमें जलछाया मात्र

he, she ---- they

................................... Lovingly
he handed her a rose. Sweetly
she gave him a smile. Lightly
he touched her brow. Shyly
she handed him her hand. Gladly
he took her along a path. Believingly
she with him walked. Assumingly
he made her look forward. Conformingly
she told him to continue. Confidently
he held her hand striding. Receptively
she on him put her weight. Convincingly
he build her, them a house. Affectionately
she made him, them a home. Lovingly
(he, she ---- they lived)

नही पलकें तुम्हारी भिगानी है

कुछ जग से पाया हुआ है

कुछ गम की कहानी है

कैसे सुनाऐं क्या है

अपनी कहानी पुरानी है

होंठ मुस्कराते हैं

फिर भी आँखों में पानी है 

खिलाता गुलजारे चमन है

पर दिल में विरानी है

समुन्द्र सी उफ़नती है 
पर मरुस्थली ये जवानी है  

आँखों में आँसू लाती है

ऐसी अपनी कहानी है

छोडो भी मन उदास होगा तुम्हारा

अपनी भी क्या सुनानी है

एहसान होगा हम पर तुम्हारा 

नही पलकें तुम्हारी भिगानी है

 pics from google 

what life means to me.

I read your thoughts but
have not understood you.
I care very much for but
have not told you.
I love your very presence but
have not shown you.
I know some of your facts but
have not known you.
I have prayed for you but
have not worshiped you.
I very well know that
You love me very much but
have not been loved.
You cared for me very much but
have not been cared.
You wanted a reply from me but
have not been replied.
But what can I do
I am not sure myself that
what my feelings are.
I don’t think I know that
what my thinking are.
I suspect many things as
what they really are.
I don’t know what you
really mean to me.
Wait, if you can wait till
I know what life means to me.

I - a known stranger

O’ how much I crave for your love
Love which I never got
That tenderness which says – Yes, you are mine
The touch which gives the feeling of belongingness
I am yours but, you are not mine
You are of everyone else, except me
Everyone is natural with you, not me
My touch fears disapproval
As, I am still a stranger
A Known Stranger

My Love!

I don't say, I will die for you

But, I will say, I will live

To at least bring, a smile to your lips.

I may sometimes, forget things

But, everything of you, for you and

By you, will be a thing of great concern.

I am liable to be impatient at times

But, will always try to

Hear you, with all the patience.

I don't say, for you, I will bring stars from the sky

But, will try

To brighten your life, with cheers.

I can't say, life will always bring happiness

But, promise to be there, to dry your tears,

Help you, hold you in arms and to share.

I may not proclaim my love, over and over again

But my smile, concern, patience, cheers

And sharing, will tell you subtly, that

I always care for you.