Sunday, October 21, 2018

Beyond all the cliches…








It’s a mirage. Some claim to have found it, some claim to have lost it. But nobody has the first clue about it.

Never understood this love. But always wondered about it. Somehow I am never thrilled by the bond which is defined by the looks, habits, likings or convenience…walk under the stars, conversation over coffee, knowing all the favourites, shoulder to cry on, nostalgic dance, saving from misery; always felt too shallow an expression for love. These are just cliches. Shouldn’t this all consuming, much eluding, most searched glorious thing called “love” deserve a befitting definition? And much purer expression? “Always” said Castle and Kate while fighting together for justice everyday, Cap agreed to avenge because Peggy believed it was right, Leia stayed back for Solo to escape safely, Neo was born out of Trinity’s belief and a stronger was Will & Mac’s bond with the shared vision of purity of fourth estate. We saw them as tells of superheroes, dramas and mystery. But above all, weren’t they all nothing but the most profound love stories one could ever find? Shouldn’t this strongest emotion, which humanity so proudly claims to posses, born out of a larger cause than a mere attraction? 


At the world’s end, there is a place for you and I. Beyond the black & white, a shade of grey. Beyond the expectations, a place of admiration. Beyond all the wins and losses, a battle worth fighting for. Beyond all the labels, a true sense of being. Beyond all the cliches, there is a place for you and I.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Dil ke zaronke se



Zamana  ishq karta raha aur hum ishq ko samajh ne me waqt jayar kar gaye. 
Do baaten duniya ko samjha di,  par kudh to fir bhi nadan reh gaye.
Mauka mila jab dil ki bazı lagane ka
Tab jeet ke dar se, khud se hi haarte gaye.

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Ae zindagi ab teri sharten hai na-manjoor.
Meri khwaishonko na saza de, hai ye zamanen ka kasoor.
Mana ke chahat pe ada, mera dil bhi hai thoda majboor. 
Par kya karega baghi? Zindagi is par tera hi to hai suroor. 

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Ae zindagi aise jeene ki aadat na dal, kabhi kisi pe marne ki izazat na hogi.
Tanhai me jeene ki ibadat na kar, humsafar se kisi din shikayat si hogi.

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Kabhi kisi maud par fir mulakat hogi
Adhuri si thi jo thi fir wahi baat hogi.
Aadha sa izhar aur pura sa inkar,
Fir koi shuru takrar hogi.
Shayad khatam ho ne ko hi, nayi shuruwat hogi


Kabhi kisi maud par fir mulakat hogi.

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Dil ke andhere ko roshni de us shayri ki aas hai
Tere dehlij par chod aaye the us mohobbat ki talash hai.
Khayalon ne zinda rakha hai dil ko
Sawal zindagi ke to yuhi mar dete.
Umeed ki baazi lagayi hai, jannab,
Warna ishq ke khel me kab ka har jate.

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E dil-e-nadan teri khatan kya hai? Dard me milite khushi me rakha kya hai?
Tufano me kashti dal ke ab tak jee rahe the, aaj sahilon pe utarke na pucho saja kya hai?
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Gawara hai zindagi se koi shikayat rakhna,
Ek gila zindagi ko hum se bhi hai.
Sans lena yaad rakhte hai har pal
Par kya wo lamha hum jeete bhi hai? 



Coffee.




It has always been about a conversation. It has always been about a world with you and me.

Sometimes they said, they did not enjoy coffee, sometimes their choice of vice was tea. 
I did’t bother because coffee has always been about you and me. 
Then coffee became a habit or was it just about you? 
But then you said one day, it’s just  about what it is. Oh you loved coffee still but now your world was new.



Coffee still remained about a conversation. And about a world lost within me and just memories of you.

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