chetna

Priye
Sachet preet hi sacchi hai
Jahan bheet na ho khone ki
Khud ko
Aur tum se paane ka

lobh nahin.

What was I
but a grain of earth
till water

seeped in through,
wind suckled in
to gush the spirit forth
when turning

matter into me.
I felt then

thought, breathed
and thrived
merged myself into another

thus evolving more and more

I came from

nothing into being.

Today silence is pitched
against humdrums of life
beseeching calm
not a contained chaos;
a battle that

I never thought

could be won,
does not seem impossible

now with many hours

behind us

I control self by myself

unlike that

emotional wreck

who mocked in mirror

at most times

it feels so good

to live again

with renewed zeal

and vigour.

ekaki

ekaki hoon
kise pukaroon
aur kaise

ke mile woh
apna ban ke apnaye jo
hamesha ke liye.....

mujhe ab bhi
tumhari talaash hai.

moving forward

I take a step

at a time

leading self on

tight leash of chime

that tighten hold each day

and remind me

with so much glee

in content satisfaction

i note that

now only me belongs

to me, rest all is

sheer apparition!

Selfish dream

My dreams are simple
petty and meek.
I dream only

of home
of love, of mate

close to heart,
so much so

he needs no words
to heed

what my soul aspires.
I want to belong

be of that one
who desires nought

but me,
he dreams for me
of me is fulfilled

by giving fulfilment in life

to me.