anil gupta's blog

fear of being found out
in love with my reflection
i broke the mirror
but with many more images now around me, scattered
all over, i had realized
i was not afraid
of my reflections
nor of the pain
of finding out so many variants
i was actually afraid
of finding in me, the truth
of Your presence

when out of generosity, tomorrow eats today

the moments are saved and the era gives way

whatever happened to the basic faith we lack
why do people get annoyed, when mirrors  crack

how do we reconcile, why rays are stronger than the sun

when do feel, what did we give, when was our job done

be the road, not the destination

said the priest

sitting on the road side

for weeks

meditating and praying quietly

but the flow of the river

will not stop

no matter how much you try and hope

let me the boat

without oars

let waves rule the time,

and let light wear a meaning sublime

baton ka jikra kyun, shabdo ki fikra kyun

mausam yeh maun ka hai,

awaz ka intzaar kyun

jab hriday swayam bolta hai

FELL ON THE GROUND

THE BRANCHES COULD NOT CONTAIN

THE FURY OF LONE,

SO RARELY FOUND

AMONG THE BIRDS,
THAT SELDOM FLY together,

and yet leave

scars of their

seduction

on the back of the saint

lost for so long

in his deep

meditation

TUMNEY MAUN LIYA, SHABDO KO TAUL LIYA

JO BHI THA SWARTH,  MAN MAEIN GHAUL LIYA

THODA YADI SOCHA HOTA, YADON  KO NA KAUSA HOTA

JO BHI THA BHEETAR DARD

USI KO MAAN SACH, MERI NISTHA KA YEH MAUL KIYA!!

WASNA KI JAMEEN SE, GHRINA HI TO PAIDA HOGI

SNEHA KI BEL BADEGI, JAB TYAG KI SEEDHI HOGI

TUMNEY KAB SAMJHA HA MITRA, JEEVAN KE IN MARMO KO

THODA THAMO, DHEEMEY CHALO, AUR SUNO

DHADKAN SACHHAI KI AAS PAAS HI KAHIN HOGI

sneha ke pul banao

aashaon ki seemayen todo

sankalpon ke beej ugao

jo man ho akeley, unko jodo

jab bhi socho, bas itna socho,

kasey kasey dharaon ka mukh modo

shant, maun,aur  mukharit  ho kar

dard na unbharey, dambh isee ka ab mat todo

gandhi ki baat ko, chalo ab aagey badaya jayey

uskey dandwo ke beejon ko, chalo phir se ugaya jayey

spashta saral hai, par arth dhumil hojaatey hain

dandwo ke paton mein pis kar,

kuchh kshana sahaj ho jaatey hain

chalo unhi kshanao ki baad ko ugaya jaayey

jo bhi ankur senha ke komal hain

unko apekshayaon se bachaya jaayey

depth of a lake

asked the breadth

do you feel the

difference

when the sun dries

your boundaries

and you come closer to me

inch by inch

breadth coudl not help laughing

we are just the reflection

of each other

can one live without

the other

why should then

this question bother

how will breadth reply

what will happen to sun

when it will have no more

light to scatter