Incognito

Tried so hard not to be, these eyes speak a lot,

Smiles have faded, I'm fine, ought to be! 

Amazing, not the word though.

Your silence, deep eyes, serious face, that stare..false you! 

Mistake made by a lumpish heart

Mind not that a simpleton though!

Conditioned was the soul, for pain,

Belief!! This too shall pass though!

Of incomplete kisses and unsure feelings

Of unsaid words and less felt desires

Fell for this uncertainty though!

Of fake glimpses and unreal conversations

Of fake extol and superficial concern

Feelings!! Complete surreal though!

Moved from real to illusory

From mediocre to supreme
Surrendered! You an incognito though!!

The Crescent Shape Moon or Me

It was night, half past eleven and I could see the crescent shape moon from the window of my room. I am sitting on the bed parallel to the mirror. The reflection of me appears to be a person suffering from melancholia. With a faint smile as I looked in the mirror, my bosoms were partially covered with the pallu of my saree, my hair is loose but tense. I could see those drops of sweat that my cleavage holds. I got up from the bed, tied my hair into a bun, pinup my saree, and reach for the bindi that rests on the wooden frame of the mirror and stood waiting near the gate for him to come. Please come before this night ends and leave me just like this crescent shape moon.

Dil ke darwaze pe phir pyar ne dastak di,
Mano khushiyo ne ek nayi udan si bhari,
Bebak huye irade beparda huye hum,
Laga har pal phir se jeene lage hum,
Khushnuma har subhah uski aawaz se hoti hai,
Par sham hote hi tanhayi ki lou jala deti he
Aajao ke mere andar ka samundar registan na banjaye,
Yeh pyar ki kashti kahi yun hi na tham jaye
Mana Majbur hai in duriyo ki vajah se hum,
Par ab karwato ke sahare raat nahi guzarti,
Aajao ek aarsa beet gaya ek huye hum..

Hollows Of My Emotions

I waited for you sitting there in the hollows of my emotions
I turned stone eyed; the tear drop rolling on my cheek froze
Body was still mind paralysed, plethora of emotions rose
You were far from sight, stay farther you chose
I kept crying, mumbling, dying….my love lay in tatters rimose
You didn't shudder, heed, budge…be incorrigible you chose
Insanity, yes it is.. lunatic yes I was
Searching your traces, like mad, like morose
 Life came to a standstill, nothing distorted
Hopes shattered and a chapter closed
You didn't see how I felt; sever my soul you dispose,
Longing I was then, longing I am now
Later, sooner, the ache will depose.