Thursday, September 16, 2010

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

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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.

Monday, August 2, 2010

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