Broken Pieces

Shattered somewhere from here and there,

Stains of memories imprinted in our minds with care, 

Remembering past and pondering future on the chair, 

Forgetting that here and now is the reflection of our life in the glare.

The mystery of life concealed like a puzzle, 

Vivid for some eyes and for some very subtle, 

Broken pieces of life are what’s causing us trouble, 

Gluing it together might be the end of our struggle. 

Wandering in the peripheries of thoughts and we all call it a life, 

The present moment is more like a dream where we kinda barely survive, 

Aiming for something more or attempting equations to derive, 

The destination of life in search is what we have already arrived.

The Waiting Room

Inside the hospital gates,

It was me waiting under the enclosed sheds, 

For a friend of mine to undergo the pain, 

In the midst of the day when it profusely rained. 

The receptionist inquiring the same question again and again, 

May I know who are you here for Mr. Jain? 

I smiled and replied with a drowsy nod, 

Ahh, I forgot maybe you should ask this to the mighty god.

Then into the world of dreams I fell, 

There were a lot of stories for myself to tell, 

Suddenly came my friend a bit terrified,

 Trying to wake me up from my unconscious paradise.

Spiral of life and death

Born out of nowhere,

Don't know where we will end,

This circle of life is incomplete,

Without the knowledge of transcendence.

It all seems like a drama, 

Where we all have a role to play,

All the emotions are our weapons,

With the cost of life to pay.

Split into duality with polar opposites in our minds,

It's all our perceptions that are concealing reality behind the blinds,

A never-ending search for happiness and an urge for the life,

Either it's in the form of family, fame, money, or a bright afterlife.

A halt from everything might be all that is required,

To witness the source of our innermost desires,

A fathomless stillness for everything to settle down,

To submerge at the center of our existential playground.

Chanda Naani.....

Sun beta hamesha khush rehna, kaha karti thi mujhse nani maa,

Dhyan me hi ekagrata badhana, aur sun zara halkee rang ki saare hi laana.

Maun vrat rakhkar bhi muskuraya karti thi nani maa,

Ratri bhojan tyaag karne ke gungan gaaya karti thi nani maa,

Akelepan ko ekanth me badalne ki vidhi samjhaya karti thi naani maa,

Apne me ramne ki kala sikhaya karti thi naani maa.

Aachran unka ekdum saaf tha aur na hi unme koi kami thi,

Aankhon me unke pavitrata ki bharpoor hi ek chabi thi,

Jeevan me unke gehrai aur shabdon me kranti ki ladi thi,

Sunyata ke anand se roshan wo Chanda nani sachmuch hi ek adbhut pari thi.

Ek dukh gehen hai dil me ki akhiri alvida na keh paaya,

Fir ehsaas hua ki kyun niraas hoon, tyagi hai unhone abhi sirf apni kaaya,

Ab to wo udhne ko aazad hai aur mukti ki taraf pankh failaengi,

Chand ki roshni me Chanda nani mujhse ab roz milne aaengi...Roz milne aaengi.

Insaan ek kathputli

Maati se bana hua deh,

Man hai uska likha hua code,

Bhavnaayon ki dor ka hai algorithm,

Jo din raat karta rehta hai shor. 

Sochta hai me hu khudka maalik,

Par jhuti lagti hai wo soch,

Na sarir ka kuch pata hai,

Aur na hi dimaag par hai uska koi zor.

Ek kathputli ki tarah nachta khilona sa hai,

Gaur se dekho to zindgi se bhi wo idhar udhar kuch bhagta sa hai,

Khushi aur gum ki sarita me dubki aur gote khata hai,

Ye bhi nhi jaanta ki akhir wajood usse aisa kya chahta hai.

Zaahir hai fir to khud ko zara sa parakhna,

Aise hi kathputli ki tarah kitne din tak aur hai ab bhatakna,

Khudme gehre utar jaane se shayad sacchai ki wo kiran mil paaye,

Apne andar ki coding algorithm aur hone ka rahaysa sulajh jaaye.

Jhagde

Jhagde hote hai roz hi yahan,

Jalta hai khoon aur uthta hai dhuan,

Apni hi soch aur hum hi hai wajah,

Naam leke dusron ka aata hai alag hi maza.

Aatm samman ki wo jhuti parat aasman chu leti hai, 

Maa baap bhai behen dost yaar kisi ko bhi dhund leti hai,

Main hi hu boss bas yahi bhranti hoti hai,

Aise jhute dikhawe se kya kabhi koi kranti hoti hai

Apne andar ki hi bechani jo aag ki tarah bhadak rahi hai,

Tez gati ki saansein jo kitabi panno ki tarah fadak rahi hai,

180 ki gati se dil bhi dhakad raha hai,

Socho dhyan se kisika jeevan shayad agle 10 saal ke liye adak raha hai

Do pal baithke dekho yaaron tumhe isse kya mila,

Dusre ko dukh aur khud ko gila,

Hum se hi hai bimari aur hum hi hai dawa,

Pyaar isi ka dusra pehlu hai kyun na baaten usi ki hawa.

AAwaz

Kehne me kya harz hai,

Zindgi me humara kya itna hi farz hai, 

Khamosiyon me dabi jo ruh ki aahat hai,

Use AAwaz dene ki dil se ab chahat hai.

Chupkar baithe dekha jo sahi aur galat me fark hai,

Zindgi ke aashiyane me chupa kahin swarg aur kahin nark hai,

Koi hai peedhit paresaniyon se aur koi sahi salamat hai

Use AAwaz dene ki dil se ab chahat hai.

Bahut hai mukammal aur fir hai wo jinhe karz hi karz hai,

Laakhon hai sukhi par zindgi lagti unhe feeki aur marz hai,

Kuch apne se jyada paa lene ki bigdi jo aadat hai

Use AAwaz dene ki dil se ab chahat hai.

Quarantine

Ghar ki chaar diwaron ka dandh,

Reh gaya insaan bhi parindon ki tarah bandh,

Wohi ghutan wohi talab wohi bebasi ne ghera hai,

Jaagne ka waqt hai shayad yahi wo sawera hai.

Bahar jaane ke raaste bhi reh gaye hai chandh,

Duniya me kum ho rahi hai pollution ki wo gandh,

Chidiyon ne dhund liya fir se apna basera hai,

Jaagne ka waqt hai shayad yahi wo sawera hai. 

Srasti me santulan banake ki ab wo sadi hai,

Khud me kho jaane ki shayad abhi wo ghadi hai, 

Har lena wo jo jeevan ka poora andhera hai,

Jaagne ka waqt hai shayad yahi wo sawera hai.

Halt

I seek complete halt in the turbulence of life,

I seek a pinch of salt in the turbidity of the tide,

I seek refuge in the days to come,

I seek a miracle soon to change my world. 

I seek silence when my mind is rumbling around,

I seek patience to calm myself totally down,

I seek a day just to make me feel alive,

I seek someone to trust me throughout my life.

Deep down the search to seek is just a myth in my own eyes,

I am the other one who is seeking and the seer is cloaking behind.