curiosity, concern, compassion and collaboration
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
bahut intzaar rahega, agar koi khabar mile
kya pata, kab hawa chaley, koi to patta hiley
Kisee ko lagta hai, khabar ab ho gayi hai janib
warna roshni na ho, nazar mein,
chahat ki jab lau jaley?
baarish to bahut hui is baar
lekin phir bhi tha adhoora intzaar
koi kahey to bhi kaise mainey
badlon ko kahan tha hawaon par aitbaar
seedi par chadhi wo kuchh aur paydaan,
lekin use to bharni thi ek lambi udaan,
kudi nahin, na hi pankh lagayey,
par usko ab yeh kaisey samajh aayey,
bina kude koi kahin pahunchata nahin,
jo bhi hai aas paas wo door phir dikhta nahin
can you move a bit
i will walk on my own in the garden todAY
dont push me
i am able to find my way through
dont protect me
i am alright there
when the difference between wanting and having does not exist
when the stairs dont take one up there
but one stays put
where one is
for long, without listening
arguing and asking
just being there
takes away
only strength stairs have
to take you up
there