Tum kaun Ho?

sapne mein aati ho, but chehra nahi dikhati,

kaano mein kuch keh jati ho, par awaaz mujh tak nahi aati,

haqueeqat mein tum mere samne kyon nahi aati ?

Meri kalpana ho ,  ya ek sachhai,

meri annkho ka tara, ya ho meri parchai,

mujhe aake tum keon nahi batati ?

mein jab akelga sagar kinare baithta hun,

to mehsoos karta hun tumhe, hawa mein tumhari khushboo,

sagar ki lehro mein tumhari awaaz sunta hun,

is ehsaas ko poora karne tum mere saath kyon nahi aati ?

bheed mein lakho chehre dikhte hai, unme se ek charhra tumhara bhi hai,

aas paas, kahin door , na jane kahan,  man mein khwaab tumhare bhi hai,

tum kaun ho ? tum kaun ho ? tumhara intazaar mein ab tak ruka hun,

kisi mod pe mil jaogi, to kaise pehchanunga tumhe ? is sawaal ka jawab dene kyon nahi aati ?

Broken Silence

I stood by the staircase,

at the end of the floor,

Facing the fast winds,

gazing blankly at the sky,

the grey froth it was,

open in parts,

lit by mild sunlight,

made it gold up above,

my silence made me numb,

made listen the noises around,

my ears were filled with those sounds,

of prayers,to Ram and Allah,

of vehicles that cluttered the road,

of crying babies,shouting men,

of flying birds,struggling against the hard wind,

of marriage band, of passing training plane,

suddenly each of these sounds were so vivid,

my whole mind was filled with them and i felt timid,

I stood patiently throughout the beauty of the scene,

because this small void in the daily schedule,

i could fill myself with the freshness,

and could feel the beauty even out of this urban jungle