ek damakti dupahar

kayi chehre tahal rahe hain
ird gird ki bheed mein
kuch uljhannon mein uljhe
kayi chalakte haas masti se
suraj ki kirnon mein tap kar
shayad-
har rang yahan ka
aaj haseen hai!

...scribbled on a sunny mid-morning in the Regent's Park, London

vyatha

Lipti to tum mein
yeh soch samajh kar -
ghana ped hai
ghana hai saya,
is vrishtha vriksha ke tane tale hi

mere bikhre wajood ko

amaan milega
isi thaur tham jaoon zara agar to
bhoot se nikle vartman ko

ek navya bhawishya ka
sanwar milega.

Kya pata tha bhooli lattad ko

jo ja lipti liye tapas woh man ki
ke khokhla tana hai
bhoomi hai banjar
khud ki sookhi jaden liye

tika khada huwa tha

vriksha bhi
kisi pushth tek ki

aas mein.

Aur ab jo

mil hi gaye hain hum tum

aalinganbadh ho

sthir khade hain
ek duje ki aad liye,
ek sookha ped
duji lata ghat durbal -
kaun seenche kise
kise jhatak de kaun

tan man manse

prati din kuch aur sookhti

pritha-pat par yoon ke

sirf swayam uddhar ho.

Priye suno ab zara tum,
kya hasil is sab vichran se?
mere astitva mein
ab shesh hai kya-
jo vyatha, rudan ki buniyad bane?
waqt se jut gaye hain
hum tum se, tum mujh se
ek hai ab niyati hamari
mera astitva tera manmeet hai.
yahan go dikh rahe hain

do hum,
par jaanam
satya zara vipreet hai.

Bandhan atoot hai yeh
ab ek hai manzil
phal phool bhi
saj chuke shakhon par;
yun socho bas ab tum to
ek hai dhara hamari
ek hamara aakash hai
jaan apni hai ik ab kuch yun ke

mare ek jo lage

nidhan huye do

jiye dono to

ek prateet hamari jeet ho.

For Phalali and Mumsoul

We are nought
but three souls
brought together
in time
intertwin'd
in heart n mind
we are by
a stroke of destiny

And now that
we hold our stance,-
lets rein in -
to search directions
quest answers for
who, what, why, how
when are we
wholesome wise
to figure how to
make earth abode
transitory tho,
a better place to be
for all those
that rest hither
awhile, now
and further beyond
you and me.

...a personal statement from your mom, mate and mentor

Amersham

I love to wake up
these days to hear

the chirp of birds around

and so I love

in nights to be lulled

to sleep
when many stars abound.

They gaze at me and
I look back

revelling at their glitter
aware I am

as never before
that me in life
them far away

are formed of elements

one and same

at core

we share the matter.