~ Tragedy ~

stoic and gray
slowly it stayed
made this his home
uncurling, unfurled
surreptitiously it lay
marking its own
territory and death
casually it came
to claim in sleep
all that i owned.

it has been a while
since Life lived here
its now a dwelling
of Devils and Banes
it has been a while
since Smiles slept here
its now a memory for
tears and stains.

Light up the charred candles
unleash the prayers
exhaust the archives
of goodwill and dares
challenge the Lord
bask in forgiveness
reclaim a final win
and survive this stillness.


~ anki

~ treads ~

a definitive destiny
road mapped unto the goal
path, lined with tricks and treats
all for me to galore
Glory awaits!, such is the claim
by all those, inroads.
I yet walk a tawdry path
I still wish for more.

aspire, perspire, inspire, cajole
satisfaction achieved
confessions retold
all is misery
yet I adore, the heart, the beat, the very soul

a transition

forbidden fires of heaven -
troubles of a weary heart.
ever paused to wonder,
perils plundering land of Gods?

high amongst the clouds
throned in pine
robed in green
white as a shiny beard
wise and witty, they all seem.

sunshine gleaming on snowy peaks
the only warmth they ever seek
aloof and cold
judgmental and old,
The Almighty!, we are ever told.

Demon's laugh sounds meek.
Hell welcomes me back
away from the bothering snow
exhausted in devil's lair.

~longing

Tethered to the sparkling sky
a lonely pillow of cloud
haloed in the moonlight
silently gloating afloat
all attempts to wipe it clean
& it still lingers about

I choose to fall in love with it.

I hug it in delight.
I now wish that it were so,
around me every night.

smiling through pale white lips.
Amused at my stance,
it chides me for being foolish
and then,
moves on.

पहचान

आसमान पर सितारों में कई जुगनू भी तो होंगे,
सितारों की चमक से दूर, वोह भी कहीं चमकते ही होंगे
चाँद की चांदनी और सूरज की रौशनी से परे
इन जुगनुओं की रौशनी भी तो किसी के चहेरे पे चमक लाती होगी।

सितारों के शहर में, एक जुगनू बेचारा,
अपना वजूद ढूँढता हुआ, घूमता आवारा।
आज उसे भी अपनी मंजिल नज़र आई,
औरों की चमक में उसे अपनी पहचान नज़र आई।

आंखों में आज उसके सपनो की चमक छायी,
उसकी खुशी में, सबके चेहरों पर खुशी आई।
आज सितारों में एक जुगनू ने,
अपनी जगह बनाई।।

Ashes...

White, Single-limbed,
lean in frame, untamed
draped in smoke...
an Aphrodite, you claim!

it glows, as I draw near
locked, in your lips
and I breathe in my tears
silently waiting, in the haze!

you never let go,
and it clings.
burning in its smoldering gaze
I slowly disappear.

Sentient

in your shadow
in your splendor
i yet wonder
what are you?

warm and tender
i surrender
and i wonder
why are you?

dark and hazel
lost in gaze
i do wonder...
where are you?