काश...

आज फिर किसी की याद आई, और होश गुम सा है,
छुपानी हैं ये भीगी पलकें , काश रात का पहरा होता,
रह रह कर खो जाते हैं उनके ही ख्यालों में,
जो भी नज़र उठाकर देखता है हमें कभी, काश उनका चेहरा होता...
लौट आए हैं आज फिर इन दीवारों के पीछे,
पर ख़ुद को उनके ही पास छोड़ आए हैं,
जब ना चाहते हुए उनसे अलग हो रहे थे हम,
काश तब बस दो पल और वक्त ठहरा होता ....

इंतज़ार

सुबह से शाम तो हो जाती है,शाम से रात नहीं होती,
रात से सुबह को उम्र लग जाती है जब उनसे बात नहीं होती...
नम आँखें ढूँढती रहती हैं उन्हें, जब काले बादलों से बरसात नहीं होती,
चेहरा मिल जाता है उनका, हाथों में हाथ भी होता है ख्यालों में,
पर साँसे रुक जायें उनके सामने आते ही ,
ख्यालों में ऐसी मुलाकात नहीं होती....

Is it fair?

Life is being so unfair and I ask the question,"Why? -
does it all start with a smile, and end in a sigh.."
All I asked for was a chocolate cake with a cherry on the top,
"Am I sure of it?", oh the question doesnt even crop.
But life brought me a chocolate brownie,with cream,
fruits, jellies, nuts and sweet sauce,
with eyes wide open I looked at it and spoke after a long pause -
"Oh but I loved that 'not-so-perfect', that simplicity,
and the feeling at which my heart used to stop,
It doesnt matter but if life gives me more,
all I wanted was my chocolate cake,
with just a small cherry on the top..."

Moment of truth

There're times when I close my eyes and yet stare at the open sky,
looking back at the moments gone and sometimes I just wonder why.
There had been times when I lost to life & faced it with a sigh-
yet there were times of trivial unexpected victories called 'moments of high'.

I wonder at the feeling of love when his gaze can make her shy,
but I doubt the heart of man when on the streets I see a hungry baby cry.
Do you know how over small issues we worru and make them magnify,
yet when the real challenge comes to shine out, we just let the moment go passing by.

On the green grass, under the same wide blue sky when I lie,
I just think - are we fit to live,
if we dont discover for what can we die!

The Black Bird

Sitting by the window, lost in my thoughts,
I saw a little black bird flying in the rain.
Its wings were wet and yet how it danced,
Was there when I wished I was a child again.

Expecting success, longing for love, wishing we had it all,
How long do you think this way the innocence will remain?
Count the sleepless nights you’ve had, the moments you cried and prayed-
When you knew you’d give your life for it, but that was all in vain.

We have had times when we ran so hard to reach that peak dreamt of,
But now look back at the journey you missed, still worth was the gain?
If we keep missing out on the real life around us,
For how long will we be sane?

Now I will live for myself and expect no more, I thought
again today, with my arm resting on the window pane.
This world owes you nothing; it was here before you came,
I’d lost many and I lost much, realized as I went down the memory lane.

Today is a new day, a new sun, a new life,
Today there’s no place in my heart for pain.
If not for that black bird I would not have known,
I thank thee O black bird, and thank you rain…

The Uncertainity

I love it when i am without an umbrella and it starts raining on a sunny day,
Oh this is the beauty of life, when you don't always have a say!
That mystery of the unknown , those crossed fingers, that hope is what is nice,
What fun would it be in knowing its a 6,
before you even throw the dice???

Reality

He broke the only mirror of my life,
tiny shining pieces now left scattered for us to see.
In my heart, I decided not to trust my heart again,
and in his heart he knew, today life wasn't being fair to me.
I learnt not to wait for moments now, be it in love or hate,
cos even feelings these days come with an expiry date.

I am waiting...

Today I'm lost, I've lost myself,
gone with you is the smile you said you love,
I am searching the reasons, answers to whys,
in the deep dark ocean high above.

I know not what to say and what to tell my eyes-
who've been dry all night, lost all their tears,
I am calling you -"come",
and be there to shed my fears.

The days are getting darker,nights are worse,
stars have stopped twinkling too,
lonliness too is losing meaning come back soon,
as long as this heart beats, I'll wait for you...

Existence

Is love, hate, wins & losses, all you thiunk about?
Haven't you turned a pleasant boad ride into a mad chase?
Ever wondered who you are and what life is all about?
Just close your eyes, look up at the sky, and feel the raindrops on your face....
Then look at a baby smiling,
and you'll regret every moment spent in hate,
see the way beauty of life unfolds before your eyes,
So trust your heart, and learn to live,
before its too late...

Why....

The clock is ticking, half the life has gone by,
and I'm wondering will I have any regrets the day I die.
Will I be able to love again, I think as on my bed I lie,
I long for an embrace, and an answer to this question -Why,
whenever I try to smile,
a tear leaves my eye...

The Right Time

The tides were high,
the heart was low,
I would walk on the shore barefoot,
and see the waters flow.

I saw his face smiling at me,
from that orange sky above,
my heart then ached to hold his hand,
a tear dropped from the eyes full of love.

I never figured out what went wrong,
what let our lives drift apart,
I wonder why people cant get second chances,
when its not too hard to make a new start.

He said but he can't turn back,and time had passes;
Now life could'nt be the same way as I see,
i looked into his eyes with the love of a million moments spent alone,
and I said-"Time is always right,
whenever you want it to be..."

Lost without You...

My rains, my springs, my seasons in sun,
the moments of gaiety, the moments of fun,
My trust, my faith, my life's in none-
but you, since the time this all had begun.
You may take this to be a fantasy, but for me its more than true;
that its for sure,
I am lost without you...