Monday, September 19, 2011

FEEL CHILL COLOR

I do not precisely know... whether life has played with me or I have played with it... Whatever the reality, the feeling throbs firm. Life had an upper hand. My thrust was an evanescent flash; on a journey enveloped in tormenting darkness...!

All my life- he said, I have been brown.
It isn't a strange color; mildly chocolate ochre red,
as a tinge of the night floods sweat across my brow.

My face drab, open beige
spread out like desert in thirst;
Staunch placid hungry,
starving for  rain.

All my life- he sighed, I have flown economy
Others have told me what I am,
the woman they loved to love.
Your words that beguile tricking softly,
from head to toe.

Make me forget each thunderclap.
So Aryan bright,
Burnt me up with the golden light.
And now I fear to tread on the rain drops,
lest, in a moment, 
I call them my own...!

-KS





Thursday, September 08, 2011

GOSHANASHIN

Duniya ki is numaish me
hansta, muskurata, dhaudta, bhaagta
Insaan sinafigaar ho jata hai
Yahi zakhm aaj ehsaas dilate hain
Ki hota to akela hi hai Insaan..!

Logon ki guftagoo me khushiyaan dhundta
Idhar-udhar purna hone ko firta
Ghayal aur aar me lipta
Tab ghaav yeh ehsaas dila jate hain
Ki hota to akela hi hai Insaan...!

Jab milta hai joya-e-zakhm-kaari
Toh sachaar sa Ushaak lagta hai
Behte-behte khalk punya sa lagta hai
Kabhi ek roz vahi badnaami ki samagri de jata hai
Goshanashin hi reh jata hai Insaan...!

Soonapan jab apna sa lagta hai
Koi humdum koi khushguftaar nahi reh jata
Hridya me koi saaz nahi reh jata
Jism zarra-e-naacheez sa ho jata hai
Akela, tanha, ekaant...
Goshanashin hi reh jata hai Insaan...!

-KS