एक हादसा..!!

                                      कल रात छत पर
                                      फलक की जानिब
                                      टकटकी बाँधे
                                      सियाह चादरों तले
                                      सितारों का खेल देखा
                                      कुछ मद्धिम कुछ उजले
                                      कुछ सर उठाए कुछ कुचले
                                      सब अपनी रोशनी में
                                      छुपे अंधेरों पर
                                      रोते-बिलखते से दिखे
                                      जब शायर ने
                                      किसी नाज़नीं के निगाहों
                                      को सितारा लिखा था
                                      सारे कैसे एक साथ
                                      मुस्कुराए थे,
                                      तभी अचानक
                                      एक हादसा हुआ
                                      हाँ, हादसा ही तो था
                                      धू-धू कर मेरे अरमान जले थे
                                      ख्वाबोँ का बेरहम क़त्ल हुआ था
                                      चाँद पर भी शायद खून सवार था
                                      तभी एक सितारा दूर कहीं
                                      मेरे नाम का टूटा था
                                     और
                                     सभी ने सोचा
                                     कोई दुआ क़ुबूल हुई ।

डरता हूँ मैं..

 

                                                 वो हँसी वो शरारतें तेरा वो संजीदापन

                                                 तेरा साया भी मुझसे दूर हो तो डरता हूँ मैं ।

                                                 तेरे एहसास  मेरे तहरीर में यूँ रवाँ-गवाँ हैं
                                                 तू जो ख़ामोश हो पल भर को तो डरता हूँ मैं ।

                                                 लाख हमदर्द मेरे ग़म को कहीं बाँट भी लें ग़र 
                                                 न हो  हाथों में तेरा हाथ तो डरता हूँ मैं  ।

                                                मेरे ख़्वाबों में तेरे साथ तमाम ज़िन्दगी जियूँ
                                                पर तेरी आहट को भी हूँ महरूम तो डरता हूँ मैं ।

                                                मेरी रूह को सर-बसर है तेरे उल्फ़त की आरज़ू
                                               मयस्सर और को है ये सोच के डरता हूँ मैं  ।

                                              मेरे पहलूनशीं होकर तू जब हाल-ए-दिल कहती है
                                              बेरहम पल वो जब गुज़रे तो डरता हूँ मैं  ।

                                              बेबस मेरी निगाहों को है तेरे विसाल की हसरत
                                              तू आकर भी चली जाए तो डरता हूँ मैं  ।

                                                

Love Goes Wordless...

 

                                            The chaos 

                                            pales into the insignificance

                                            all worldly desires 

                                            seem to be mere a pittance

                                            A tender touch

                                            bestows a solace

                                            When love goes wordless..

                                            A disposition slithers

                                            to a heart

                                            Afew shadows tribulate

                                            and things get drifted apart
                                            A vague starts taking a shape
                                            When love goes wordless..

                                            Everything else plunges
                                            into the dearth
                                            Dreams start finding
                                            a reason of mirth
                                            Pangs and pleasures
                                            are there to embrace
                                            When love goes wordless..

                                            I get captivated
                                            with the gentle charm
                                            Feelings are dormant and unborn
                                            What I keep craving for
                                            nothing but that glistening face
                                            When love goes wordless...

A Tormentor...

 

                                           On the agonized path of

                                           my deserted life

                                           a lurching stride 

                                           took me to a poignancy

                                           where I coaxed to my pains

                                           but they rebuffed

                                           they wanted me to be

                                           with the same somber nights

                                           and a false aura of love,

                                           Where those pipe dreams

                                           were there to ravage

                                           my soul,

                                           with all the despondence

                                           I just kept on

                                           strolling,

                                           lightening bolts continued

                                           to flash across the sky,

                                           accidentally I witnessed

                                           a distraught cloud

                                           that was torn asunder,

                                           gulping sobs of grief

                                           I still went on 

                                          crooning

                                          with the same 

                                          nagging pain,

                                          and a tattered heart

                                          of mine.

a firefly...

                                 a firefly
                                 instills a life within a few wombs
                                 enlivening some souls
                                 dying in the dark
                                 patting a few sobbing hearts
                                 rejuvenating some weary strides
                                 a firefly keeps glittering on.

                                 vanishing some scars on psyche
                                 making forget all those pangs
                                 freeing from some fetters
                                 burning somewhere within
                                 illuminating the vibes yet
                                 a firefly keeps glittering on

                                 quenching the thirst of pursuing fellows
                                 stimulating a few latent desires
                                 measuring the limitless depth of gloom
                                 a firefly keeps glittering on

                                 embracing all the compassions
                                 imbibing all the sorrows
                                 sprouting some brand new hopes
                                 a firefly keeps glittering on.   
                               

WHEN I SAW A SMILE.........crying..!!!

                                                              Tears were frozen,
                                                         
                                         so what..?? if it was hell or heaven,
                                
                                             all my senses started flying,
                                            when I saw a smile... CRYING.
                                                  

                                                    I was amazed,
                                         
                                          all the imaginations were caged,
                                                
                                           my hopes were brutally dying, 
                                           when I saw a smile...CRYING..


                                         a killing silence was all around,


                                             time was the only healer 
                                                   for this wound,


                                       my dreamy castles were destroying,
                                        when I saw a smile... CRYING...


                                                    I was in a trance,

                                              only shattered images were 
                                                      at my glance,

                                           every emotion was classifying,
                                           when I saw a smile...CRYING....      


                                           The roads were getting tougher,


                                                    I was there only
                                                      one to suffer,


                                           whole world instructed me
                                              but,I kept on defying,
                                         when I saw a smile...CRYING.....