शांति

बहुत शांति है यहाँ 
कोई सैलाब नहीं इस समंदर में 
धड़कनें भी थोड़ी धीमी हैं 
तेरे और मेरे दिलों की 
बेचैनी नहीं है कोई 
न कोई फाँसले दरमियाँ हैं 
किसी बात का डर भी नहीं 
न किसी रफ़्तार की न किसी मंज़िल की तलाश है 
बहुत शांति है यहाँ 
एक तू है, एक मैं हूँ 
और ये गहरा समंदर है 
लहरें हैं कुछ पर बेताब नहीं 
आसमाँ भी उदास नहीं कि आफ़ताब नहीं 

Storyteller

I used to call myself a storyteller

I thought I always have many stories

That needed to be told

That needed to come out

But I am thinking for last few days

Do I have any story to tell you?

May be many, may be none

Today I cant find any one

Though I want to tell you

About every atom that makes me Me

My hopes, desires, dreams

My regrets, experiences, schemes

My fears, darkness, screams.

I am open to you like an ocean

It's you who has to explore

You will find the hidden pearls

Keep diving till the core.

I am not really a puzzle

As the world thinks I am

Sometimes I think that too

That I am too complicated, 

But is that true that I am?

I am a blabbermouth I know

But I don't have a story today

I am a silent story in myself

If you listen what I can't say.

I wish

I wish we could talk all day long and night.

I wish that, but I wish so much more

I would have stared at your eyes as you would talk to me.

Observe the curves of your lips as they form words.

I will see in your eyes when your imagination goes wild

And you picture the whole world with me.

I would love your hair and out of the blue I would just ruffle them.

And when you suddenly stop talking and ask me "what happened", 

I would smile and say "nothing".

We would talk in words, we would talk in silences,

We will stare at each other with eyes closed.

I wish we could talk all day long and night.

I remember you

I remember you..

Like a shadow,

Sometimes appearing with sun but still always there.

Like a breeze,

Whose soft presence you can always feel.

Like a star,

Who would always be your guiding angel when all is lost and forgotten.

I remember you,

As you were there for me then,

As you are here for me now.

I remember you,

As you are.

But I want to see you again,

Soon...

Coz this memory isn't enough for me.

I want to look into your eyes,

More deeply this time.

I would read everything 

That you never say to me.

I want to know how it feels like 

To touch you

Are you really real?

How it feels like

To hold your hand?

I want to lean on your shoulder 

And forget that another world exists.

I want to whisper to you

And keep looking at your eyes.

And admire my best discovery in life.

I want to touch your face

And remember every freckle.

And all this while,

I want to remember you.

I will be your deep ocean

And you can be the diver

All the mysteries yours to unravel.

And I love you.

Letter

I often write to you in my head

All the things that I never say

I need you to know what clouds 

My mind all night and day 

I think about this distance 

That's spread for miles and miles

And the thought of just seeing you

Gives me jitters, makes me smile

And I wonder what you see 

In this crazy psycho me

That you're losing sleep and peace 

That you're falling on your knee

But I think about us the most

Are we real or just a dream?

I pinch myself to check

But doesn't work it seem

You say you love me so much

And show me the utmost care

But you're so afraid of some daemon

Who haunts you as nightmare

I want you to know that I am 

Standing forever tall beside you

You need not feel lost or scared

I'm here when its pink and its blue

There is so much more to say

But may be in another letter

Till then, just stay strong

Together we can make it better

तू वहाँ

तू वहाँ जागता है रातों को 

और यहाँ चैन मेरा खोता है 

कि तुझे ख़्वाब एक हसीं आए 

कोई बीज रोज़ बोता है 

न रहे तन्हा तू न दिल तेरा 

इसी आस में दिल रोता है 

TinyTales #2

She paused her day chores to talk to him.

He paused her call to carry on with his day.

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