What ripples within

 

Every little feather that caresses face

Everytime the breeze alights to catch breath 

There is a feeble ripple deep within 

Smothered amidst turbulent basking waves 

The sparkle on the green white face

Pretends to reflect the glitter from deep

The pyre of sunk carcasses of ripples 

Those we chose to ignore and forget 

Left behind in an open cage overnight 

But too feeble to fly to life and freedom

The board beckons with his gory hand

Deprived of flap of the futile wings

Held firmly with neck on the pillow 

A neglected demise of what ripples within 

Delhi

2342

10.51 hrs

28.3.26

The dry drizzle

 

A grey stratus cloud churned with silver

Overhangs a breezy evening market lane

With interpersed puddles in the bustle 

That are barely visible in the veiled moonlight 

And a splash to erupt from anywhere 

The usual caution is strangely missing tonight

As we stand huddled to get drenched

Drowsy after a late evening mild drink

We rush slowly to the parked car 

It is lost in the crowded place

Scampering amidst frenzy of night

We finally return from a fews hours

That are dripping in a dry drizzle.

Noida

00.30 hrs

2341

19.3.26

The intent and destiny

 

After the spell of a dull chrysalis 

Hatches out the vibrance on life

Her myriad hues weave a mystery

For the nascent petals remain confined

To the inner soul of her folded wings

The intent to evolve forever yields

A destiny of replenished spectrum in sky

For every little shade that is on  display 

When she flaps while concocting nectar

With her sweet breath and starlit dreams

Brushes a rainbow in the paradise.

Rishikesh 

2340

20.30 hrs

15.3.26

The glitter on reflection

The resplendence of a golden reflection

On silvery waters of a full moon night

A halo sparkles from behind the pious dome

Ignites incandesce among interpersed clouds

And casts her bresth amidst gentle waters

That encircle the core of divine dazzle

The blowing breeze brushes past the eager ear

It sows the chants that emanate from essence

Like nectar from the floral benevolence

Wrapped in such a moment of nascent sanctity

The glitter of reflection manifests forever.

Rishikesh

2339

11.38 hrs

15.3.26

 ख़्वाईश मुकम्मल हुई खामोश नियत ए खुलूस के साथ 

जनाज़ा निकला कुछ ख्वाबों का तो बेगैरत जुलूस के साथ

 तेरी ख़ामोशी में अलफ़ाज़ क्या पिरोये 

शायरी के बहाने इज़हार ए इश्क़ कर गए 

हमारे जानाज़े पर तुमने सुभानअल्लाह क्या कहा 

हम ज़िंदा थे और कफ़न ओढ़कर मर गए

A sprout at threshold

The chirp from cosy nest,

Where a flight to skies

Is a nonchalant routine,

Stretches to a larder in vicinity 

To caress the dormant grains 

Those lost in a conscious slumber

Confined to transparent liberty

Restricted to a delicious platter

Only once a seed crosses threshold 

Toils in the grimy core of furrows

Slithers in the fertile loam of time

Basks in open sun and free air

Then a sprout trumpets her victory 

Nascent and tender but sure of life

A deft prop here and little stake there

She sure blooms to a floral grandeur

Carries a tale of skies amidst her chirp

While twining her nest intact 

The lady of the house, bow to you!

Rishikesh 

2338

12.05 hrs

8.3.26