Tears!!

They kept travelling everyday from the heart to the eyes,
Hiding all the emotions on the face through the lies,

They kept trying day after day,
Moments after moments,
But on the way one or the other person asks
"Hey, are you okay?"
And the mind send them back and say
"Absolutely I am fine!"

But It didn't stop them to travel that path again,
They kept trying though their efforts went in vain,

Something about the moments they knew so far,
That the time will come reminding them of the scar,

Person stopping them by the time will be gone,
That's when the eyes will be left with them alone.

मैं था वहाँ..!!

घूम आया उन गलियों में भी,
खिलखिलाता था तू जहाँ,
ना ढूँढ सका मैं तुझको,
अब तो बता दे तु हे कहाँ,

तब बोला वो शब्द जो,
छू गये इस दिल को,
बोला दोहरा दे तू,
गुज़री हुए उस महेफिल को,
फिर समझेगा तू कि मैं हुँ कहाँ,
तू गुज़रा जिस जगह से,
दरअसल "मैं था वहाँ",

ऐनक लगाकर कल के जब,
तू क़दम रखेगा जहाँ,
मेरी पढ़ी पढ़ाई कहानीओं को,
देखेगा जब तू वहाँ,
ऐहसास होगा तुझे,
दरअसल "मैं था वहाँ",

सूमसान गलियों में जब शोर लगेगा,
हर दिशाओं में जब ग़ौर करेगा,
मुस्कुरा उठेगा तेरा दिल वहाँ,
ऐहसास होगा तुझे,
दरअसल "मैं था वहाँ",

दोहरा दी महेफिल मैंने,
धड़कने लगा दिल और,
भावनाएँ लगी इन निगाहों से बेहने,
वो फिर से बोला,
"आज से मैं हुँ यहाँ"

A Knock at the door!

A Knock at the door.

I expected the sweeper boy to collect the garbage but it turned out to be the post card that had not anything written on it but it whispered as soon as I touched it.

"She read the prose you wrote in the letters, she was crying and missing you. You weren't there but your words were. They tried to explain the moment when your heart was pouring out all the love in to those letters but they weren't enough to stop her from crying and regretting of not reading them all at the right time. I gave her all of them, all of your feelings written on them and came back bare handed. Now please free me from all this and tore me apart. It's my time to fade away with time.”

I killed the post card, closed the door and slept again. Memories have knocked the door before the morning that day.

उड़ान

एक पंछी उड़ा आसमान में,
ख़्वाहिशें लेके चाँद को पाने की,

बोल उठे वो डाल के पंछी,
ये तो ज़िद हे उसकी,
पेड़ो को छोड़ वहाँ जाने की,

उत्सुक हुआ ये मन देखने को,
कि कोशिश करेगा वो,
इन बैठे हुए पंछी को समजाने की,

पर निकला वो राही आसमानों का,
उड़ चला लेके हौसला तूफ़ानों का।

ख़बर ना रही हमें!

ख़बर ना रही हमें,

कब ख़यालों से दिल लगा बैठे,

एहसास ये हमें तब हुआ,

जब दुनिया से नज़रें चुरा बैठे।

ख़बर ना रही हमें,

कब फ़ासला उस कल से बना बैठे,

एहसास ये हमें तब हुआ,

जब नज़रें उससे मिला बैठे।

ख़बर ना रही हमें,

कब सपने पलकों पे सज़ा बैठे,

एहसास ये हमें तब हुआ,

जब आँखों से मुस्कुरा बैठे।

ख़बर ना रही हमें,

कब रिश्ते कई भुला बैठे,

एहसास ये हमें तब हुआ,

जब यादों से टकरा बैठे।

ख़बर ना रही हमें,

कब जीना सबको सिखा बैठे,

एहसास ये हमें तब हुआ,

जब हमें देख के कई अपने मुस्कुरा बैठे।

वो रोज़ की बात हो गई थी अब !

वो रोज़ की बात हो गई थी अब,

जो ज़िंदगी ऐसे अपना दिन बिताती,

कहेने को कमाने वो जाती,

कमबख़्त ख़ुद ही रोज़ ख़र्च हो जाती।

अंधेरी रात में ये सपने दिखाती,

फिर धूप निकलते ही हक़ीक़त से मिलवाती।

उलजनो के संग क़दम मिलाती,

पर रोज़ रोज़ एक नई उलजन को,

जाने अनजाने अपने गले लगाती।

हालातों  से लाचार हो जाती,

हिम्मत उस पल जुटा कर,

एक क़दम बढ़ाकर ज़रा मुस्कुराती।

वो रोज़ की बात हो गई थी अब,

जो ज़िंदगी ऐसे अपना दिन बिताती।

An evening with the sun ray!

"Ouch" A slap on my back and I was out of my imaginary thoughts.

"You said you are coming in 15 minutes and you are still here looking at the sun" my sister burst out the frustration & added
"Where were you lost?"

"Didi you won't believe, Can you see that Sun rays?
It all started when it came through that fence and thorns, I wanted to capture into my eyes;

A New born sun ray : Pure, clean and focused.

Nature has its own way to ignite a spark of imagination in you. It's true I felt to write a poem on it.
but I couldn't and I will be honest I fell short of the right words to describe the world I entered at the moment. It seemed like it was its first journey to meet its mother earth travelling all the way from its father's territory. Questions started popping out of my mind just like the junior KG student who gets curious on meeting a senior class student.

When you are connected by all the senses with nature you get all the answers just at time.

And then the conversation begin :

"Hey you look so fresh, can I ask you a question?"

"Hello mate, sure"

"Don't you feel tired travelling so long from the sun to the earth?"

It's was as innocent as it's answer

"I didn't knew when is the distance called long or short all my father told me is to reach here and touch my mother's feet so here I am."

Lesson learned: If we keep measuring the size of problems we have we would reach no where even close to our goals.

"Hey are you there? or lost somewhere?"

"I was just looking at these thorns and fence,
 Did these thorns and fence hurt when you passed through it?"

"The moment I left my home I had only one goal to reach to my mother and all I could see was my mother nothing else bothered me."

Lesson learned: If the mind is set towards the goal then obstacles can't bother you along the path.

"You must proud to reach first to your mother?"
I couldn't resist asking it the reason behind the smile
"Why are you smiling?"

"None of us believes in race, we might have the same wish or task or goal in mind but it doesn't matter if I come first or they come first, All that matters is we all do it with our capability."

Lesson learned: Your dreams, your goals might be similar to others but that doesn't mean you are in race with them, Stop chasing people focus on your goal and chase it.

This time i was caught smiling
 "Now why are you smiling?"

"It took you few minutes to teach me the things I was searching since long" "

Before I could hear more my sis patted me in the back
"Can we interview your sun ray later?
  Go and bring this from the grocery store."

"Thank you" I uttered at the sky checking the long list she gave me.

मिट्टी का इन्सान

भटक कर उस शाम एक अनजान गली से गुज़र रहा था,

अदभुत था नज़ारा,

मिट्टी का इन्सान कई प्रतिमाएँ मिट्टी से बुन रहा था ।

तुलिका लिए अपने हाथो मे, कल्पनाओ से रंग को चुन रहा था,

दंग रह गई ये निगाहें,

जब देखा वो प्रश्न पुछ के उस मूरत से जवाब उससे वो सुन रहा था ।

वो विद्वान था या मूर्ख इन्सान ?

एसे विचार ये मन बुन रहा था,

अगर हे वो भगवान है हर जगह,

फिर इन्सान मिट्टी को ही क्यों चुन रहा था?

आवाज़ उसके अंदर ही थी,

फिर वो मूरत से क्यों सुन रहा था?

अदभुत था नज़ारा,

मिट्टी का इन्सान कई प्रतिमाएँ मिट्टी से बुन रहा था ।

An eye through a window!!

I saw him through that window of past, it was raining and thundering, May be the rains weren't out of mood like him.

I saw his face, he felt relieved as he sat on the sofa leaning back, touching the cushion but his eyes were still struggling with tears and staring at the motion of the brown coloured fan on the ceiling.

He was exhausted and so was his phone, it was just a one hand distance he needed to cover to switch on the charger,  Internet was the only motivation he needed to cover the not so long distance with himself being in the battery saver mode. 

But from all the 437 favourites in his list, it was no one with whom he can speak and share out all the pain and misery revolving inside his mind palace.

The Void level reached beyond the threshold limit and He screamed out on his notepad : 

Please talk to me,

Where are you? , You used to whisper that words in my ears and I used to enter the dream land with peace of mind recovering inside my body, 

I miss you do you hear me? I know you do because even the eyes have stop allowing the tears to come out of their room.

They ask me about you, are you still there or is it mind hallucinating the pictures from memories?

It's been years I visit that stop we last met in my memory palace, you closed my eyes with your hand and went away in that bus,

I ran behind shattering that dream finding myself in the world without you.

I looked in the mirror, it was me but it wasn't the me that I saw in your eyes,

Yet another story ended after first draft, 

I started the day with a thought to move on again.

The Man

Lived by the deeds of life,

Gems of my heart I sacrificed,

Before I end up worthless and drained,

A Wish granted is all I claimed,

Let not their efforts to go in vain,

Who endlessly work drenched in pain,

Let them see the things I dream,

Shelter above and happiness rimmed,

Raiment bedecked And vibes within,

Food suffice and a flowing stream,

However agile it may seem,

Let this wish fly making everyone gleam.

World Photography Day

Every photo we click has either a memory attached to it or it has something to say, On this world photography day check what the above photo clicked by me says :

Beneath the foggy blue, 

Amidst the bushy green,

Above the heathery rocks,

And In the Reflection at the mysterious creek,

I found the peace.

With the fog around,

Divinity of the place my vision frowned,

But Along the time it began to bound,

And In to the blues, 

The Curtain of white steadily drowned,

Hopping down it came among the green,

Gazing at the beauty like a 12 year teen,

Twinkling leaves and Sparkling scene,

Definitely the finest of the moment among the seen,

Between the creek lied the rock,

Moment at which my vision balked,

Stern stare and a silence grew,

In a blink of an eye, worries flew.

Comment below if your photo too has something to say,

Happy World Photography Day 😊

आज़ाद नहीं ।

वक़्त गुज़रते आज़ाद हुवे हम, पर इस वक़्त से हम आज़ाद नहीं,

सोच बदली, यह देश भी बदला पर इस सोच से हम आज़ाद नहीं,

साल गुज़रते हमने चलना सीखा, पर दौड़ लगाने हम आज़ाद नहीं,

उम्मीद खिली, हिम्मत मिली, पर चुपे हुवे उस डर से ये मन अब भी आज़ाद नहीं,

क़लम उठाई, लिखना भी सिखा, पर आज भी कई गलियों मे हम बोलने को आज़ाद नहीं,

उम्र बढ़ी, तजुरबा भी बढ़ा, पर बढ़ती हुई इन यादों से हम 

पल भर के लिए आज़ाद नहीं,

ज़ख़्म लगे, मरहम भी लगे, पर वक़्त गुज़रते भी उस दर्द के एहसास से आज़ाद नहीं,

सिख गये हम डट कर जिन्ना, पर आज़ादी के दौर मे भी जितें हम आज़ाद नहीं, 

आज़ाद हो चाहे हम रिश्तों से, पर कई जिम्मदारियों से 

हम आज़ाद नहीं,

सालों से आज़ाद हे हम, पर कई सालों से हम आज़ाद नहीं,

२ पंक्ति की ज़ुबानी ।

You may or may not connect with all of it, but if you said "no dude I just loved it" after reading the first line, Like it and Share it. 

It's a Pratik Nanda creation 😇✌🏻️

उस रात..

भारी था ये मन उस कल के विचारों से,

पर इस आज को मुझे इन शब्दों में उतारना था ।

इरादों से उसके अनजान थे,

फिर भि कुछ यादों को दिल से छुड़ाना था ।

शब्दों कि कमी थी, इन आँखों में नमी थी,

पर कल फिर से ज़िंदगी से क़दम मिलाना था ।

ये वक़्त ना रुका है, ना आगे कभी रुकेगा,

बस यही अपने झहन में उतारना था ।

नींद ना जाने कहा छुपी थी, 

रात भी नज़रों में रुकी थी,

ख़याल तो बस एक हि था इस मन में,

इस रात को अपनी सुबह से मिलाना है ।

वो चित्र!!

ना देखा था जिन रंगो को, उन रंगो को महसूस किया,

पल ही पल मे इन नज़रों ने एक नये चित्र को रुप दिया!

लगा पहले वो कहीं देखा सा,

फिर समजा उसे अनदेखा सा!

उसमे आसमाँ भी था

और हवायें भी थी,

कुदरत की वादियाँ,

और फिझ़ायें भी थी.

पर ...

उस नीले नीले आसमान में चिंता की गहराई ना थी,

उन बहती हुइ हवाओ में ग़मों की परछाई ना थी,

झलक रहा था उन वादियों में कुदरत का वो जहाँ, पहुंच गई नज़रे मेरे मन को लेकर वहाँ,

सुना था मैंने और जाना था मुझे वहाँ,

शायद इसीलिए उस चित्र को मैंने बना लिया अपना जहाँ!

Drizzle!!

Drenched by heat,

No thoughts beneath,

Or should I say 

you are the one whom we dared to beat.

But it blowed around

And change surround

Or should I say 

A sprinkle of hope just touched the ground .

It moved you away,

It screwed you away,

Or should I say 

The Breeze just came and took you away.

It touched the scar,

Took it far,

Or should I say

This rain just brought that shine of star.

देखो, पढ़ो ओर महसूस करो

एक खोज पे सभी निकलते है,

कई सवाल हम सबसे करते है,

पर अनजान है उस बात से

उनके जवाब भी हम साथ लिए चलते है,

हमें ये भी चाहिये, हमें वो भी चाहिये,

आज़ादी के संग ख़ुशी भी चाहिये,

शान्ति भी चाहिये, प्यार भी चाहिये,

जीत के जश्न का मज़ा भी चाहिये,

आज़ादी तो अपनी मर्ज़ी से जिने में है,

पुछना है उन समाज के डर से जी रहे लोगों से पुछो.

ख़ुशी तो अपने देखने का नज़रिया है,

देखना है तो कभी ख़ुद को ख़ुद कि नज़र से देखो.

शांति तो इस शोर के बीच में है,

महेसुस करना है तो इन घडकनो को सुनो.

प्यार तो दुनिया के कण कण में है,

करना हि है तो पहेले ख़ुद से ईझहार करो.

असली मज़ा तो इस सफ़र में है,

समजना है तो मंज़िल कि ओर एक क़दम बढ़ा के देखो.

जीत तो लोगों के दिल जितने में है,

सिखना है तो एक अनजान शख़्स को मुस्कुरा के देखो.

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ

એક આંસુ પડ્યું શું આંખમાંથી,

તારા વ્હાલનો દરિયો છલકાઇ ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

મારા હ્દયમાં એ સમાઇ ગયો..

જ્યારે બૂમ પાડી મેં ભૂખથી,

તારા હાથનો સ્વાદ છલકાઇ ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

મને હાલરડાં એ સંભળાવી ગયો..

અથડ્યો જ્યારે હું દિવાલથી 

તારો સ્નેહ મારા પર છલકાઇ ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

મારા દુ:ખને એ ભગાવી ગયો..

ભૂલો પડ્યો જ્યારે હું સંસારના રસ્તેથી

તારા લાડથી પાછો હું આવી ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

મને હિમ્મત એ આપી ગયો..

દૂર ભલે હોઉં હું તારાથી,

તારા દિલમાં હું સમાઇ ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

ફરી એકવખત મને નાનકડો બનાવી ગયો..

માં તારો પ્રેમ તે કેવો પ્રેમ,

જે મને સૌથી પહેલો પ્રેમ શિખવાડી ગયો.

Ek khamosh chehra

Ek khamosh chehra kuch bayan karne chala,

Dil se jude kuch taar wo juda karne chala,

Nazadikyan un yaadoin se mita ke,

Ek Naya jahan banane wo chala,

Ek khamosh chehra uss raat ko kuch bayan karne chala,

Kal ki baat bhula ke wo, Kadam ek aaj ki aur badhane wo chala,

Duvidha ki bedi sang, Azad udne wo chala

Ek khamosh chehra uss raat ko

Kuch bayan karne chala,

Dabi dhadkne uss dil ki sunane sabko wo chala,

Khudse khud ki jang ka elaan karne wo chala,

Khoyi huvi si aas ko jagane fir se chala,

Kadam kadam badha ke,

Ek khamosh chehra uss raat se ek nayi safar pe chala.

वो चाह, वो राह

ठान कर एक बात नई,

सोचा सोच अपनी बदलूँगा,

तेज़ नहीं मैं वक़्त से,

पर इस वक़्त के साथ चलूँगा.

चलते चलते इस राह पर,

कई लोग से मैं मिलूंगा

बेहतर नही उन सबसे,

अपने कल से बेहतर बनुंगा.

बेहतर बनने कि चाह में,

साै हज़ार बार गिरूँगा,

हिम्मत का मरहम लगाके,

वाै राह मैं फिर से चलूँगा.

सोच अपनी वो साथ लिए,

यादों से अपनी लड़ूंगा,

मेरे सपनों से जूड़े हे जौ,

उन्हें ख़ुशियों से रंग दूँगा.

निकला हूँ इस राह पर,

अब पिछे नहीं मूडूंगा,

उस सोच को, उस चाह को,

मैं कर के हि रहूंगा.

Thoughts

Traffic Signals

"Let's drive and explore oneself " I said to myself and without a second thought I was on my way, my sub conscious mind was taking me.

More likely it is as similar to our life, we all think we want to reach some where, we want to go some where and unknowingly we start following the path our sub conscious is leading to

But like everyday it took me to some unexpected way and made me stop by a traffic signal.

Few cars, the not so cool headed auto drivers and behind them stands me and my bike with the same thought I am on drive exploring something.

Suddenly I heard baby girl giggling in the car beside me took taking that exploring thought from me for awhile.

Sparkling eyes, tiny dimples and movement of her hands while laughing just bringing out the word innocence in visuals.

Suddenly, Horn of the vehicles overlapped the sound of laughter 

And I can see the  Cars and Auto drivers have gone out of my sight and the green light popping in front of me.

I realised I was blocking the traffics and immediately started following the path shown by the map of my mind.

I m going to explore myself I repeated again

But there must be something wrong with the navigation system of my mind

"Not again" , I yelled 

And here I was stuck again in the traffic between the giant city bus and an auto rickshaw behind me. 

And there I saw a beautiful girl eagerly waiting for the signal to turn green but word "beautiful" would sound less beautiful in front of her.

"There is nothing wrong with my navigation system its working perfect"

I said thanking myself.

And followed her with the green signal of traffic light. But I guess she would have been a racer's daughter. She was out of sight and I was out of the track I was going.

A thought popped my mind :

"You were going to explore yourself, right?" Keeping me wandered where was I going.

And it's not easy to get back on the track after you get lost. And Likewise came the third traffic signal which was the pay off for me to get back on the track.

Bang!!! 

And silence was struck by the sound 

There was a motorcycle which just got in to an accident with auto rickshaw. Arguments followed the arguments and people around gathered the victims trying to sort the matter like some judge of a Supreme Court.

And on the other side was me looking to the crowd gathered ignoring the green signal and the thought of going on a drive to explore myself.

"Come out from the lost world, you crazy fellow" I guess that's exactly would have said by my vibrating cell phone if it could speak.

"Come fast we need to leave" said my friend from the other side.And This ended the plan of going on drive exploring my thoughts or rather say myself to status failed.

Don't you think this is the same way the things happen in our life. We desire to reach some where, We will to explore oneself but then comes some traffic signals in our life, making us lost in the traffic, making us wander where were we going, taking us off the track

That day I couldn't explore myself,

But I did got the reason why I couldn't,

I couldn't reach the place I started my drive for,

But I did learned what path to follow when you set off a journey.

Traffic is just a distraction

Mere thing is to focus on the signal

And be on the right track.

" नक़ाब "

Hum din ko raat banate hain,

Ek daud hum khudse lagate hain,

Iss Haseen mile ye chehre pe

Hum kai Nakkab lagate hain..

Nakkal ko hum Asal main badal ke

Kai raaz hum sabse Chupate hain..

Roz roz hum iss chehre pe

Ek Nakkab naya lagate hain..

Koi dekha de apna asli chehra

Hum jutha uss e batate hain..

Uss Sach ko piche chupa kar hum

Ek Nakkab juth ka lagate hain..

Koi aayna dikha de agar

Hum rishta uss se bhulate hain..

Uss ee kasoorvar therake ke hum

Ek nakkab sarafat ka lagate hain..

Ye padhkar jo kuch soch uthe

Wo "Hum" sabd nibhate hain...

"Hum" roz roz ye chehre pe

Ek Nakkab naya lagate hain..

Ankho ki dastaan..

Aaj fir se nind ke intezar main ye ankhe soo gayi,

Yaadoin se ladkar jazbat ki barsaat ho gayi..

Socha tha sur sangeet main bitegi sham

Takrayenge khud se Khushi ke jham

Aaj fir se wo sham kisi ke naam Ho gayi

Beetane nikle the hum 2 pal hum khudse

Ye baat na jaane kaha se ho gayi 

Reh Gaye hum wahi Soch main 

Ye ankhe na jane kaise soo gayi..

Nind ki talash thi jin ankho ko

Usme sapno ki barish fir se ho gayi..

Wo bolti rahi apna haal

Aur thak kar fir se wo soo gayi..

Wo sham guzri fir raat tak

Aur roshni uss andhere main kho gayi..

Wo nirdos ankhe 

Aaj fir se nind ke intezar main soo gayi..

An evening with friends

Feelings can't be clicked and edited

It needs to be written it down.

This few moments spend with you guys brought out a new energy to me.

Once a team and Always a team.

Few lines in the memory of the evening we laughed, we shared and added another chapter to our lifetime memories.

Waqt ko bhi bhula kar yu kuch pal humne bita liye..

Yaadoin ke iss kamre ko unn yaadoin se saja liye..

Dard thi muskan main jo, usse pal do pal main bhula liye..

Beth ke teri mehfil main hum khud yu hasa liye..

Lambi si inn raato ko teri baato se bhaga liye..

Ankho main in yaadoin se hum nind apni chura liye..

Kya kahu ye ehsas

Jo tumne hum main jaga diye..

Darr the jo inn sapno main

tumne humse unhe bhaga diye..

Mere kore se iss panhe ko

tune yaadoin se saja diye...