Time

Time- the only thing I ever had. I wasted it like a gambler, because I played with fate. I lost sight of you, you went beyond the horizon in a wooden boat, with coins on your eyes to buy the sky. But the sky cannot be bought, it belongs to

Hindi

विचारों के पहलु।

एक गुल अब्बासी गुल । किसी रंगसाज की कृति? एक पद-चिन्ह के भीतर । किसी पदकमल की छाप? भू में सिमटी एक रचना। किसी गुलदान की नक़्क़ाशी? एक निराश्रित

English

Casket of borrowed dreams.

In the busy bazaar of cryptic thoughts, A lineage of the keeper's silent dream, Lies a spectrum of forgone rules. Where chaos leans inwards, And the world begins to fade. Doubts of self! Proclaimed upon my soul. And the fear creeps to devour me whole. What dream should

English

Stranger-lover-stranger

You walked in quiet, a face unknown, A passing breeze, a heart of stone. But one soft look, one fleeting stare, And love was breathing in the air. You spoke, and suddenly the world stood still, My chaos calmed, against my will. You held my hand — the stars grew near,

She will rise again

She loved too deep, she lost her way, In hopes he’d choose her one fine day. He said “I love you,” sweet but sly, Yet let her break, and watched her cry. He spoke of vows with someone new, While she was breaking — through and through. Her heart kept

English

No Rain, No Flowers

Imagine yourself to be a flowering plant planted in a place where there’s no one to look out for you, there’s no one to water you, there’s no one to care if someone crushed you and no one gives a damn about you. But you wish to

Poem

Wishes, Prayers, Dreams of Love

I hide wishes under my pillow, Wishes with your name on them, Prayers I secretly hope would find you, And whisper all my dreams in your ear slowly, So that you know, I never want you to leave. Careful confessions while looking at you through my lashes, Hiding from truths

English

Lost Art

Flood waters rose with a vengeance. Winds of change came in gusts of raucous, harsh reality. I clung to my pen, my sword. I whispered the words I needed to say, repeating them to remember. Lightning struck mercilessly and I covered my ears in fear of the thunder to come.

Kids' Poem

I learned

I learned how to smile with a mouth full of sorrow, I learned how to lie about the marks that were on my body, I learned how to scream internally, I learned how to dread the warzone that was our home, I learned that money can’t buy you happiness,

English

My little love

Your birth changed my life, I found out about you and I cried, You are beauty and grace, God blessed me with you, I watch you grow with admiration, Hear you laugh, what a heavenly sound, Your smile turns my day around, I have been blessed to watch you grow,

English

Green eyes

Your green eyes used to mesmerize, Now I see shame and pity, You had hope and dreams, You were filled with ambition, Then the drugs came!! They destroyed you, You lost everything, Your home, your job, The respect from your parents, You sold your soul for a quick hit, It

English

It rained on the Sunday we met

The wet white street lamps coiled with blue fireflies rushed backward To breathe in the lingering essence of love we left behind us. We live in the city of joy But you've turned it into my dome of love. On quiet afternoons, we walked hand in hand around