अनवरत

जो भी लड़ा मेरे लिए
दुश्‍मनों से जा मिला
साथ में मेरी अधजली
रोटी भी ले गया

सदीयान बीत चुकी
अब मन करता है
नियती को मान ही लूँ

पेट से आई मानसी
दबी आवाज़ में कराह रही है
और कोने में रखी
चुराई हुई खाकी बंदूक
दिए की लौ में चमक रही है

कल पौ फटने पर
एक बार फिर कोशिश करूँगा
लकिरें बदलने की, एक पूरी रोटी की

Lost Elements

Like the view
that was lost in the journey

Like the wave
that was lost in the tide

Like the speck
that was lost in the storm

Like the dew drop
that was lost in the first rays

Like the love
that was lost in promises

Was the life
that was lost in living.

Souls and Bodies

The noise inside me stops
as you whisper
A poetry in stone emerges
as you sculpt me endlessly
Was it pain or meaningless happiness
that you chiseled away

A million flowers bloom- and I smell of
as the salt of your skin nourishes me
The scars within me heal
as you assault
Reborn is my fragmented soul
every time you dismember me