Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Without you...
The end or the beginning!?!
Suddenly he felt her arms loose their grip around him and she barely managed to get the words to his ear, "Before you surprise me, I have something to tell you that I have been meaning to say for quite some time but just couldn't!!"
He had always been good at sensing whatever was forthcoming. He feared the worst yet he wanted to somehow either delay that or even turn it around with his reveal. " Can't it wait just a tiny bit more, honey!? I am really really excited to tell you this. Please just let me finish and then your turn, what say!?" he sorta pleaded.
He also knew she would have her way with him, she always had, he could never say no to her, he had totally surrendered himself to her and would do anything she asked or wanted.
"Nope, lemme go first, its really imperative I say it first!" she said in a stern voice.
He withdrew his arms from around her, all his energy and excitement were gone, somehow he knew he was not gonna get a chance to deliver his surprise....
She said it all. He was right about all of it. He just stood there listening as she delivered the words that he never wanted to hear, that he had a few times dreamt of coming from her but she had always dispelled those nightmares in the past with her gestures. Today though, she said it all and left, left him standing right there, frozen in his tracks. She never even got to see his surprise. The needles now stung his arm where they had pierced him thousands of times the previous day, setting her name in ink. Yesterday he had smiled at the sensation, today it felt like all of that pain came gushing back all at once, and not just to his tattooed arm, but to all parts of his body. The ring now lay in its box in his jacket pocket, never coming out in the open ever again. His bruised knee hurt as well now, after all, he had been practising for this moment for as long as he could remember. The phone in his pocket kept buzzing non stop with voicemails and texts all saying the same, " How did it go!?" , something he was never gonna be able to reply to!
He had probably waited just a little bit longer than he should have and in a moment, it was all gone.
Thus a lover's journey ended and a writer's story began!!
Saturday, June 18, 2016
What keeps you up at night!!
"One day we will live on a small house by the beach where both our kids,!!", "wait, u have already decided that we are gonna have two kids!" they had discussed. "Like you havent already decided what we are gonna name them," she teased him and he smiled coz he actually had. And even though it took a lot of effort, it had all come to fruition. They had done it. With their two kids, they had bought a small but amazing place right by the beach where each evening they would all just relax.
This day however was gonna be different. He didnt realise when he drifted off into his dreams and she as well looking so dreamily at him didnt notice when the huge wave swept and and both Aarav and Saby got washed away. Only when she couldnt hear their laughter for a few seconds did she turn and saw that they were nowhere to be seen. They both though were close to each other and Saby could swim really well, she saw her brother in the distance swam right to him and held his hand. What she didnt know how far off they had been washed away from the shore. They could see the beach in the distance but the heavy waves pounded them down.
They screamed as hard as they could. She too screamed with horror.
He woke up to the sound of the scream, his face wet with sweat, his arms shivering and his heart pounding. He looked around and tried to breathe.
It was the familiar surrounding of his room. He was there in his house, an empty bed and nothing but memories of the past, haunting him as nightmares now. No, those dreams had never come to fruition. He had been all alone for as long as he could remember. He had trouble separating fantasy from horror from reality. Slowly it all made sense and he just sat there, sat awake through the night, like every night had been for the past 15 years.
The Stranger in the Cafe
Friday, January 8, 2016
Raah-E-Ishq
Friday, October 16, 2015
Random musings- The flaws of many through the eyes of one
Friday, May 8, 2015
Acceptance is our only Salvation-Part 2
Now this is one of the most dangerous and devastating phases that most of the people have to go through, this denial mode. There is a very simple reason for its existence and an even simpler one for it being so dangerously devastating. The only reason most of us go into this denial mode is fear- the fear of loosing, loosing something that we feel has been gained with such great efforts and perseverance and feeling that its loss can bring unbearable pain. So just to avoid that imaginary(or real, wouldn't comment on that yet) pain, we start to fool ourselves that this rendezvous with the truth is actually a lie and that the cloaked person and those fabricated feelings are the real deal. We fail to realise that this denial mode may extend that period a little longer, but something with a foundation so weak can never stand the test of time or distance. I don't mean to question anyone's devotion or passion for the person they love, but if u will, just ask yourself this question once and keep the answer to yourself but still do ask yourself once, "Is this what u actually wanted?" The answer I know will mostly be a no and there is nothing to be discouraged about.
There are two ways this answer can take you. Yes, the answer will be the same,"NO", yet it can come from two totally opposite lines of reasoning. What matters now is if you can truly understand whether your line of reasoning was the correct one and also if you have the strength to accept it and face the consequence. I ll go for the brighter side first. Is this what you actually wanted, "No, it isnt!" Now just ask yourself,"But is all that has changed worth it or are you just fooling yourself coz you are too weak to accept the loss?". Here is when the story changes. If you are certain that all that has changed has been an evolution into something that may be unpredictable yet beautiful and that you are prepared to face any challenges that may arise in the future due to this, just forget everything and give it your all with your eyes closed coz you are now in the clear. However, if the answer to the last question is on the lines of,"I don't really know, all I know is that too much has changed and I am not sure whether these changes are for good or not!" well, that's a cause for worry. Changes are inevitable, but if they aren't happening for good(or if you aren't sure) well they are happening for the bad. There is no sweeter way to put this. And that is how we people need to take this reality check.
You can't always plan everything. Well ya, you can, but there is no way to predict if everything will go as you planned it. These are matters of the heart, and the workings of this part of us have never been a slave to logic, there is never the same outcome with the same variables. Nothing I guess is as fickle as this heart and the way it functions. I may sound a bit too dramatic here but that is how I see it. So coming back to the second answer, if that is what you get as a response, its time to face the reality and accept the fate. This is the time to be smart and to put an end to something you have been sugar coating for yourself as well as the other person involved. And there is a very important reason behind that. For you, the reply may be the latter but maybe the one you love has the former answer. Now this is where the true test comes in and the outcome of this is never pretty. This is where most of the trouble will arise if you have come this far in analyzing where you stand.
This is the stage that you know its time to end it all. But now you feel that the person you have been devoted to for such a long time, how can you let them loose just like that, how will you make them understand, how will they take it. Well, this all is what this feeling of love entails. This strength that you need to sever the bond that you have been clinging to because you were too afraid. Love isnt always about who can hang on the longest, its about having the strength to do the right thing at the right time. If you end it all at this moment when you realize this you will be doing yourself and the other person a favour. Yes the other person will be hurt but look at it this way, isnt that better than prolonging it and heading towards an ugly end that you know will come sooner or later. Lets just say that you do cloak yourself from this reality and keep going the way everything was. All you are now doing is digging two graves and one thing I can assure you is that you will have to bury the other person with your own hands before you lay in yours. Yes, ending it now is accompanied with seemingly unbearable pain, but this one passes, sometimes quickly and mostly slowly, but it passes. Its all on you, your strength and your perseverance.
Love is not something too complicated, it just requires a lot of courage and strength and just one additional thing, Truth in your heart. You have that and everything else will flow on its own. The pain, the tears and everything else will pass if you can accept it all. Nothing lasts forever, so make it worthwhile till it exists in its true form. Well I personally use my mantra and feel that it can pull you through it all, whichever side of the story you are on. Acceptance is definitely my only salvation coz the things I cannot change I can only accept, be it love or the absence of it. But then again, what do I know, maybe love got to me as well!! ;)
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Bhulne ka sawaal!!
Koi samjhaaye hme, kaise bhula dein vo shaamein suhaani,
Kaise mita de apne dil se uski muskaan tk ki kahaani,
Jiske har nakhre pe ho gyi hmaari dhadkan deewani,
Jisko paane ko chahat me kr di ye dunia anjaani,
Aj vo h kehtein h bhula do sab yaadein puraani,
Hm to dil me chupa lenge sab lamhon ko, koi unse to pucho, kya hme yaad krke nai barsega unki aankhon se paani....
Hmse duuri ki tadap me kya nahi bahega unke naino se paani!!!!
Yaaron ki yaari aur gharwaalon ka pyaar
Mohabbat me deewangi ka sirpe junoon sawaar dekha,
Jeete hue aashiq bhi dekhe aur logon ko ishq me jaate hue haar dekha,
Do dilon ki takraar aur unhi me hota karaar dekha,
Ik pal me hua inkaar aur umar bhar k baad ikraar dekha,
Dunia me maine bahot pyaar dekha,
Us pyaar me logon ko hote bekaar dekha,
Kahin bhi gya, kuch bhi dekha, dunia ko badlate aur mohabbat se bhare logon me aati nafrat ki dewaar ko dekha...
Sab badal jaata hai, sab reh jaata hai peechey, ye sach hai,
Maine phir bhi kabhi kabhi na yaaron ki yaari se jaata khumaar dekha,
Aur bas ma ki aankhone me pyaar aur papa k dil me base guroor ko sada barkaraar dekha...
Thursday, April 9, 2015
sawaali raat ka ek khyaal
Subha hui to abhaas hua, hum jiske liye jahaan chod aaye, usne apna aashiyan kahin aur bna lia...
Main kinaare pe khada uske aane ki rah dekhta reh gya,
Aankh khuli to ehsaas hua k kinaare to bahot peechey chod aaye, usne to hmaare maqbare pe apna jahaan basa lia....
Use bewafa mat kaho, Taqleef hoti hai
Main kehta hu mat kaho use kuch bhi, taqleef hoti hai...
Mere dost mere ghum ko dekhkr use bewafa keh dete hai,
Main kehta hu mat kaho use kuch bhi, taqleef hoti hai...
Vo nahi chahte hume ab isme kuch kasoor to hmaara bhi rha hoga,
Uski bewafai ki vajah me hmaari kamion ka bhi to kuch hissa hoga,
Mere aansuon ko dekhkr ye use zaalim bhi keh dete hain,
Uske liye zindagi chodi di hai, main kehta hu meri aashiqi ko bewafa mat kaho,is tuute hue dil me bahot taqleef hoti hai....
Maine to beintehaa mohabbat ki hai unse, mere jeene ki vajah ko bewafa mat kaho, bahot taqleef hoti hai...
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Raat se subha ka safar
Ye aankhein abhi bhi unke interzaar me khuli hain...
Taaron bhre aasman me panchiyon ne ronak ki hai,
Ye baatein abhi bhi unke zikr pe ruki hain...
Tanha sunsaan raahon par bhi kadmon ne harkat ki hai,
Ye saansein abhi bhi unki mehak se judi hain...
Ae waqt ke pehredaaro, kuch to ishaara de do, ab to murjhaaye phoolon par bhi bhawron ne dastak di hai,
Na jaane kyu jaage hain hum, ab to ilm bhi nahi ki zinda bhi hain, ya fir ye dhadkanein unke jaane pe thami hain....
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Khudko samet rha hu main...
Koi hawa ka jhonka inhe uda na le jaaye...
Apne beete hue lamhon ko samet rha hu main,
Koi waqt k samandar me inhe baha na le jaaye...
Apne bichade doston ko samet rha hu main,
Koi nafrat ki aag me inhe jala na le jaaye...
Ye zindagi bahot choti si hai, to apne jeene k iraade samet rha hu main,
Darr Lagta hai is baat ka, koi maut ka saudagar inhe mujhse chura na le jaaye...
Koi mujhse mere jeene ki vajah chura na le jaaye....
Ik pari ko dekha hai...
maine dil me utarkar uski mohabbat ko dekha hai,
uske hothon se fisalkar uski muskaan ko dekha hai,
aankhon me rehkar uske aansuon ko dekha hai,
ye koi khwaab nahi hai,main sach kehta hu,
maine isi zameen par ik pari ko dekha hai...
raaton me uske haseen sapnon ko dekha hai,
uske dil ki gehraai me ek achhai ko dekha hai,
uske chehre ke noor me uski khudai ko dekha hai,
koi kissa ya kahaani nahi,main sach kehta hu,
maine zameen par utri ik pari ko dekha hai...
uski baaton me ek bachhe ki sachhai ko dekha hai,
uske gusse me maine ik bebasi ko dekha hai,
aur mohabbat me uski maine ik jannat ko bhi dekha hai,
apne haathon ki lakeeron ko dekhkr yakeen nahi hota,
par sach kehta hu,maine apne naseeb me us pari ko dekha hai,
maine zameen par aayi us pari ko dekha hai.....
Chaand ki Khwahish
Maine itihaas ke vo panne uthaane ki himmat ki hai,
In harfon me se meri mohabbat ki khushboo aati hai,
Aur ye mehak meri aankhon ko kuch nam sa kr jaati hai,
Un dino ki ek alag h subha hua krti thi,
Tujhse bas ek mulakaat ki dua har dhadkan meri bhrti thi,
In aankhon se is rooh ko jb bhi tera deedar hota tha,
Har baar se jaada, kuch aur zaada tujhse pyaar hota tha,
Tere chle jaane k baad ye nadaan dil sochta tha,
Tujhe saamne aakr izhaar krne ki himaat khud me tatolta tha,
Us waqt bas is ek hi baat k ehsaas se thoda sukuun mann me khilta,
Chaand ko bas dekhr khush rehna pdta hai, ye kisi bhi insaan ko apne naseeb me nahi milta....
Dosti aur Mohabbat
Sach hai,vo mohabbat hi hai jo aadmi ko saatve aasmaan pr le jaati hai,
Par vo dosti hi hai jo vahan se girkr tuutne par bhi use uthna sikhati hai...
Vo mohabbat hi hai jo aankhon me kabhi chamak to kabhi nami laati hai,
Aur vo dosti hi hai jo un aansuon ko ponchna sikhati hai...
Vo mohabbat h hai jisme aadmi sab kuch luta deta hai,
Aur vo dosti hi to hai jo use har cheez ki ahmiat btati hai...
Jeevan k do pehlu hai dono,ek na ho to dusri kaam aati hai...
Aur ek bhi na ho to zindagi bematlab ho jaati hai...
Par jise dono mil jaaye,uski zindagi to kya,masha allah,maut bhi haseen ho jaati hai...
Acceptance is our only Salvation-Part 1
Monday, January 2, 2012
Broken Strings...
They said its okay,life doesnt stop with all these things,
I knew just pain,self destruction,drove ME to the brink,
They said just move on and welcome all that life with it brings,
I was lost,heard it all and thought,ok,I ll give this a chance,
They said the pain will pass,it hasnt coz the wound still stings..
I tried it all,time since then has been just a blur or a state of trance,
They said I ll forget,I havent,its all afresh even after 3 full springs,
I wanna ask all who said let it go,u do knw,but u did not feel it all,
Show me how u fly,oh wait,do that after I take away ur wings!!
Give urself a fall,u cnt rise from,come teach me how to then walk tall,
U asked me to let go and listen to the song that life to us all sings,
Walk a mile down that road and then u might know the me that u see,
Trust me when I say,try all u want,u can never play a song on broken strings...
U can keep on tryin till u want,but u can never play again on broken strings....
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
A thot at 3 am
Ye sochkr apne dil k darwaaze band kr diye the humne,
Is zaalim dunia ki nafrat se mehfuuz ye ho jaega...
Tum aaye zindagi me to ehsaas hua,
Sang isi k kisi k pyaar se b to mehruum ye reh jaega...
Aj fir usi mod pe aa khada hua hu,
Kuch cheezein bas badal gyi hain...
Tab bas aansuon ka sahara tha,
Aj in aankhon me kuch haseen yaadein bhi chamakti hain...
Tab tumhare saamne ashk bha dia krte the...
Aj tumhare liye ye boondein andheron me damakti hain...
Tab tanhaayi ka dard tumhe sunaya krte the...
Aj sannaaton se tumhari baatein kia krte hain...
Dua me tab bhi tum h the,aj bhi tumhara h zikr khuda se kia krte hain...
Tab sawaal tumhari khushi ka krte the,aj tumhara saath paane ki ichha bhi zaahir kr dete hain...
Duur tab bhi the tum hmse,paas aj bhi nahi...
Tb sirf apne pyaar me dehelte the,
Aj tumhare pyaar me beete kuch lamhe bhi jala jaaya krte hain...
Anjaan tum tb bhi the,ilm tumhe aj bhi nahi...
Tb tumse haal e dil me apne ishq ka ehsaas chupaya krte the...
Aj dard e dil me tumhari judai k gham par ek muskaan ka parda daal dia krte hain...
Khyaalon me waqt bitaane ki aadat to hamesha se hai hme..
Aj fir aise h ek khyaal ne ye sab likhva dia...
Tb is kahaani k aakhri harf ki talaash ki bechaini me duube rehte the...
Aj tumse duuri ne hme is afsaane k anjaam tk pahuncha dia...