anil gupta's blog

when new flowers bloom all around

news seeds sprout

and new hopes abound

the rainy season is not yet over,

who knows in the morning mist

some teras may become invisible

who knows

responsibility towards oneself

can not be discharged

by attaching to a few pages of

diaries

on which one wrote the resolutions,

the book mark

of stopovers

as if trees along the road side

are`meant to give shade

but not let traveller sit for too long

lest the journey is never accomplished

a moment of truth

is accessible

when grammatical constraints  of prose

give way,

the poetry flows

through the banks

of endless expectations

that meanings  will be understood

without arresting the flow

dont remind me that i am A seeker

of truth that is lying

beyond the peak

of a mountain that is difficult to climb

but remains still always present

outside the window of my small house

at the foothills

when the prayers do not need to be answered

the yearnings are rewarded

by a fuel of submission

at His altar

without a doubt,

or a question

i will recite my poems for you

listen, o soluble audience of one

like a sugar cube in a tea cup

with spoon in it

to be there

don't stir,

my words will stretch, acuqire a new edge,

 bend and transform

some will string and form new meanings

some will dissolve

you are a soluble audience

i am a volatile poet

suno, aaj ratjaga hai,

 kahin koi sapna abhi bhi utha hai

sulado usey, mana lo usey,

in rasto par nahin koi door tak chala hai

suno aaj ratjaga hai .......

jid mat karo, aahat dheemi ho,

 jaaney kyun is deewar par, ek naya naksh gadha hai

koi bhul na jayey is darakht ko,iski tehni par ek ghonsla,

aaj bhi swapno ke ando se bhara hai

suno, aaj rat jaga hai

kahin koi sapna abhi bhi utha hai

na kuchh de skata, na mangney ka koi haq hai,

apni vivashta ki murti ko,

kyun  aaj phir se  gadha hai

is vyapar mein kya batunga,

yahi soch, ek bhikhari bhi abhi  khada hai

suno aaj ratjaga hai

aaj raat hogi, phir se barsaat

 halki si thand mein

bundo ke sang mein

kya ruk payengey

jwala se taptey kuchh un kahey se jasbaat

aaj raat hogi.......

chup si hai, janey kyun aaj yeh raat

kalki hi to baat thi,

mehki mehki si chaukhat thi

janey kyun stabdh tha

 lekin saanso ka kafila, kya  hua tha koi  aaghat

aaj raat hogi.......

mujhse na poochho kyun, kuchh aahat se hain, aaj haalat

 usney koi khabar na li

thakan rahi, wahin ki wahin

chilla chilla kar kahi

hawaon ne khidkion se, apni kuchh alag si baat

aaj raat hogi