curiosity, concern, compassion and collaboration
when crossing border was not an issue
the tears had dissolved all the barbed wires
fenced around my wishes
and i could not take the step across the lines
that still existed
may be we should now stop, sit and pause
ask ourselves
why did we stand at border for so long
let us hope that we do not get answers
lest we lose the energy to strive
to cross these
borders again
and stop still
when the pain is disciphered at long last
the tears refuse to pay toll tax
at the gate of vanity
through which one has to go
even for a few moments
but why
wish me sleep, wish me some flowers to keep
wish me some moments of laughter
wish me some tactile skies full of thorns
more i embrace that, more pricks i get
yearning to come closer
and having the pain to be away
in this centrifugal dialectics
wish me sedimentation\in the cup
that touches your lips
time and again
again and again
why do we always pray
that our ambitions remain burried in deeper layers of our
thoughts, never to rise their head
lest breeze may spread the pollens of their flowers
and sap the spirit of
true search
bahut saari kavitayen hai,
meri mujhse sachhi baat chit ki,
bas apney liyey likhta hun,
sheesho ke ghar mein reh kar sochta hun
meri sachhai ka praman
baar baar suli par chadh ke nahin dena padega
par kya bataun
har baar jab kahin kisee dard ko ghar nahin milta
mujhse uska hisaab manga jaata hai
aur nahin milney par kuchh jyada hisaab
mujhey soooli par chadhaya jaata hai
kisee khushnuma baat ka jab jikra ho
kisee ki saugat milney ka jab sabra ho
kisee honey waali sambhavana ki ummeed
jab poori honey ka paida karley intzaar
to samajh lena merey dost,
ab waqt aagaya hai, khmoshi ka
kisee lamhey ko uski niyati tak pahunchaney ka
ek hi aarjoo hai merey man mein
koi abhilasha na ghar banaley apney dil mein
toot jayengey gharondey saarey phir
banayaey hain mil kar ab tak
ham sabney jaamaney ke liye
ek aawaj hai, jisko aaj bhi sun sakta hun
kisee ayojan ke bina,
apney baag ke phoolon ko
tumharey baalon mein gunth sakta hun
kabhi jhuk kar agar aasman thoda paas aa bhi gaya
to apni aaknon mein uske saarey baadalon ko panah de sakta hun
aise hi kisee badal par baith tum jab gaye they kahin
intzaar mein uskkey, koi aitraj na karey,
is liye yaadon ko uski befikra mita sakta hun
why has myopia become an universal disease
why do visions become so narrow
what has happened to the human desire to look
beyond
has telescope maker of the world
taken leave
have we all become
possessed by myopia,
is it possible that we overcome it soon
or is it just a vain utopia
Meri sadhana ab hogi aisi
Tum dorogi, bhagogi, na hogi koi muflisi
Kisee ka nahin rehna hai ab hamey muhtaaj
Hotho par hogey nagmey, hathon mein hoga saaj
Nahin uthaney hai kisi ke nakhrey
Par mohabaat me kami na hogi,
 lekin karenegy thode se jhgadey
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Kisee ke liye assman ko bantaney main
Nahin hogi koi bhi ab  kanjoosi
Koi ilzaam lagayey chahey kitney bhi
Unko nahin ab shikayat honi chahieye
Laga tha ki unka hissa cheena tha kiseeney
Aaao dekhen apney bharat ke liye ek sapna
Thoda ho tumhara, aur thoda ho wo bas apna
Thodi si ho usmey nafasat,
Thodi si ho usme shararat
Thoda sa ho usme pyaar
Aur thoda kardey wo sabko hoshiar
Aao dekhey apney bharat ke liye ek naya sapna
Dard lagey ab apney, unkey jinhoney uthayey anginat khatrey
Koi na kahey kisne izzazat di, malham kyun jakhmon pe lagaye
Thodi si ho ab halchal,
Pad jayey unkey chain me khal
Thodi si paida ho baichaini
Thodi se kam ho jaaye parehshani
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Aao aisa buney ek aakash, jisme ho paiband muhabbat ke anek
Koi rakhey apni uljhaney sambhal ke, aur koi de unko befikri se phenk
Zamana ho masti ka, umango ka, haath me haath dal chalney ka
Band ho jaayey chalan ab, kisi majboor ko, bina sharm chhalney ka
Aao dekhey apney bharat ke liyey ek sapna
Thoda ho tumhara, aur thoda ho wo bas apna