Disclaimer

It almost always happens that when you are missing something you start thinking about it, you start creating a philosophy about it. People who have not loved write books about love; that is a kind of substitute.
People who have not been able to love, write poetry, they write very great love poetry, but they don't have any experience of love so all their poetry is just speculation.


My poetry does not point to any person, in-person, any identity, any human or unhuman. If there seems to be any human reference, it is just a coincidence.
I enjoy writing and music, thats why I am running this blog for poetry and songs (that I play, sing, or write).

I hope all those who enjoy reading my poems, would continue to receive more :)

आहटें

आहटें कहती हैं जो.. उनका फ़साना लगता है..
अकेले में भी हर वक्त.. उनका पास आना लगता है..

कुछ तो हो जो अब दिल को संभाले अपने..
अब तो हर वक्त जैसे.. इस दिल का जाना लगता है..

क्या कहूं के ये भोर है के शाम ..
यूं तो अब हमें हर वक्त ही सुहाना लगता है..

कहते हैं वो के.. "बातें" बना रहे हो तुम..
कैसे बतायें के.. उन्ही से हमें ये ज़माना लगता है..
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दिल में तरंगें सी जो उठती हैं यूं ..
ये तो जैसे उनका गुदगुदाना लगता है..

हमें सताके हस्ते हैं वो.. नही जानते के ख़ुद भी फसते हैं वो..
दूर जाके जैसे फ़िर से पास आना लगता है..

चाँद में दिखता है जिसका चेहरा.. हर वक्त है जैसे जिसका पहरा ..
वो इंसान हमें अब खुदा से भी सुहाना लगता है ..

क्या बात है उनमे ऐसी .. ये हम नही जानते ..
लेकिन अब तो बस उनके लिए जीना .. फ़िर मर जाना लगता है ..

नसीब

ज़रूरत तो उसकी जान से भी ज़्यादा है
पर वो मेरे नसीब में नही है,
दील पे लीखा है सिर्फ़ उनका नाम
पर उसके हाथों में मेरी लकीर ही नही है

ehsaas

I dedicate this one to Arvind Batra, who gave me the kickstart to write this :)

Ek dard hai, ek ehsaas hai..
ek dard ka ehsaas hai ..
Maana ki ye haar hai..
lekin ye haar bhi kuch khaas hai..

Maiyyat par aate hain humaari.. aur haske chale jate hain..
aise chaahne waale kyun aaj bhi dil ke paas hai
Maana is ehsaas mein hai dard hi dard..
lekin fir bhi ye ehsaas humaare liye bahut khaas hai

अकेला

मंजीलें भी उस की थी
रास्ता भी उस का था
एक मैं ही अकेला था
काफीला भी उस का था

साथ साथ चलने की सोच भी उस की थी
फीर रास्ता बदलने का फ़ैसला भी उस का था
आज क्यों अकेला हूँ दील सवाल करता है
लोग तों उस के थे, क्या खुदा भी उस का था ??

Who do you believe?

If somebody says 'You must live your life humbly, without hurting anybody's emotions, earn a lot of money, live for others, donate the money you have earned with the efforts of your whole life and contribute to the society' sounds good??
And do you consider somebody is bad when he is egomaniac, self centric, lives for just himself, or abstain from social responsibilities?
What we believe, what we think, we make decisions about people.. our mind makes us believe that whatever we think or feel is the divine message of the holy GOD and has to be perfect. Our belief , our thinking is always the best. Nobody feels the way we do. ''Nobody is as good as me''. We judge the world with our eyes, without ever questioning our own formation.
How can anybody be wrong if you cannot see him with his perspective?? You say someone is wrong with your own senses, senses which are made up of your history, your culture, how you have grown up, what u have seen in your life.
Wish to judge a criminal who is going to be hanged ? You might had been at his place if you had lived in his shoes.

We feel proud after have studied so much, earning a good salary, running a big company pulling a lot of money. Considering what all the life has given us.. we look down at people who have not been able to earn much egoism.
Yes egoism is what we derive from knowledge/power/money. Although it can be easily contradicted by saying that the statement is easy said by someone who has not been able to do much in his life.
But how can somebody be ever right if he only can judge with his own perspective?
The answer to this question is simple... Nothing in the world is right or wrong... good or bad.. Everything only depends on the perspective you are looking from.

As my friend Ashoka says.. 'live humbly, there are good people around us'
I would go a step further and say.. 'never go on judging anyone, because if you can't be him, you can never correctly judge him. Everyone is right in his own ways'.