Anjaana sa ehsaas!!

Lagta tha mujhey zindagi ka her pal bhari
Per na jaaney aaj kaisa saqoon hai taari…

Na koi khalish,na koi hul chul baqi ....
Aisey jaisey koi dariya beaawaaz jaari ....

Na koi alfaaz,na koi shaer baaqi .....
Aey meray shayer, teri hai yeh khwaari ...

Banhey phela ke jub apnaya zindagi ko….
Tub yeh jaana ki yeh duniya meri thi saari ....

Bohut lad k dekh liya taqdeer se mein ney…
Ab k mein ney jaan ke yeh baazi haari ...

Ajeeb sa lug raha hai ADA yeh thehraw mujh ko….
Shayed aey dil! mujhey teri bechainee hai pyaari.

ONe fine day!!!!

Sitting on the table

waiting for the food

I ordered…..

I looked out of the window….

There he was

carelessly roaming around

Face filled with aimless expression

Then something happened

Someone emptied half finished plates

in to the dustbin…..

His careless look vanished

His weak body was somehow

filled with zest…..

He moved quickly

and picked up the paper plates

from the dustbin…

A look of accomplishment

filled his face……

I wondered why?????????

Then came the answer…

The answer was a blow to my heart…

He just sat on the pavement

and started enjoying this food…

On seeing this

I felt I would puke…

Then I controlled myself….

Just then the waiter came…

Placed my food neatly on the table..

I stared at my food….

Then looked out of the window again…

He was still there…..

Tears filled my eyes

and my legs went numb….

I couldn’t decide what to do…

I was shook by this scene….

Filled with questions

and dilemma…..

Just stood there like a stone

I felt in me not a bone….

We human beings,

How we live different lives

with different priorities…

And total ignorance of

how other people live….

We just know

how to whine…..

Never thankful

Just live thankless lives……

Wounds!!!

Wounded I lie
Wounded by the ravages of time….
By the twists and turns of life….
By the heartless remarks…..
I dressed these wounds everyday
But they never healed
Then one day
A wound said to me,
‘’Leave us alone,
Just let us be…
We give you the essence of living
We help you to feel
We gave you a tender heart’’…..
Now I know
Wounds never heal
They just gather dust with time
Whenever a storm comes,
Strong winds blow off the dust
And in no time they resurface.....

Dil ki batein....

Dil  ki gehrayiun mein naraiye touheed hota hai
Jaaney kya hai jo issey tehdeed kerta hai

Khayal aata hai ki kamaal kya hai dil ka
Toot ker bhi phir ye umeed kerta hai

Guzzaar  ker raat din ashkun mein
deedar-e-mehboob ki ye taakeed kerta hai

Jisney talash ki tareek aasmanun ki
Wahi dekh ker hilal phir eid kerta hai

ADA  anjaan hai tu dil ki batun se
Tera dil hi teri tanqeed kerta hai….

just by uttering your name...

In search of peace

I traversed

Mountains, peaks

valleys and desserts of my heart

Yet I found it nowhere

Tired  and exhausted

I cried”, Oh Allah!!!!! Help me”….

As if these were the words of a spell

All the storms in me settled down

Peace was restored

Just by uttering your name,

O, Almighty…..