A scrap dealer became the king, now he wanted the thrown

The depth of glitter

 

 

The shredded rays of an evening sun

Sprinkle on the rubicund face of sea

The enticement to scrape glitter

Ends up in the drops of bridled mysticism

For his flow wraps the grandeur

Of daylong waves and darkened tides

He carries tender bubbles in his resonating drops

And his bosom often swells with overflowing tears

There is an infinite verve in his pulsating breeze

While reed sways with an ingenuous flow

There are gems in the deep that reflect

The glitter on the façade at dusk.

 

Rishikesh

2376

5.11.26

00.18 hrs

The whisper of silence

 

The dormant vibrance of drops

On a dark and moonless night

Simmers with a dream on sea

Awaiting the wonted silver flame 

Like a perky  pulsation of broken heart

With memories knit on a frigid day

By the hope of another dazzling noon

Where prayers leap to conjure the tides

Such is the whisper of silence.

Delhi

2375

10.47 hrs

21.10.26

माँ बाप

 माँ बाप 

घर में बच्चों की गूँजती आवाज़ों,

उनकी मस्ती की ख़्वाइश में 

अक्सर मुस्कराते,ठंडी आहें भरते हैँ,

थोड़ी दूर भी जाने से कतराते,

उसमें भी हर दूसरे कदम पर ठहरते हैँ,

बेहद फ़िक्र से बार बार पूछते,

फ़िर भी पूछकर हमारे गुस्से से डरते हैँ,

हम रोते आये उनकी ख़ुश बाहों में,

वो खुशी से हमारी बिलख़्ती बांहों में मरते हैँ 

ना जाने वो क्यूँ ऐसा करते हैँ.

जो जानते हमारा उनके बाद में हाल 

तो शायद कभी मरते नहीं, कभी ऐसा करते नहीं.

Tu Hi Re..

 Tu Hi Re

Silvery ray, silver ray, 

my tides leap to play..

Come my way, light my way

Before tides drown in a bright day

When my horizon sinks, it carries a glimpse of you

Like a drop from heavens, falls to kiss a night long dew

Silver, ray..

One leap hatches another , these tides craft a chain,

The eternal longing for you forever, makes me go insane,

You descend from the peaks and plunge in horizon, the clouds see you coming , 

The stars twinkle with wonder and breeze starts humming,

Deep down, my world glitters with your sprkling ray.

Silver ray..

2374

12.38

11.10.26

Rishikesh

The hope

 

When the burden of time

Tugs the splinter to bed

There is hopeful buoyancy 

To keep bulky logs afloat

The hope of a fresh morn

Quells the fear of twilight

For every spell is momentary

Hope prolongs the happy hour

And curtails our immense sorrow.

2373

30.9.26

18.35 hrs

Rishikesh

An Empty Choice

 An Empty Choice 

Parched for affection thus long

When the relief to the cracking thirst

Overweighs the pain of chapped feet

The trudge on glitter of pricking shards 

The path till here reflects crushed ruby

Tinged by the oozing sap from within

Ruined despite the strife of thorns

Robbed of the little succulence 

That the barren tepidity can render

Now the scanty drops ward off peril

Like a deserted toy saves the child

The stretched desperation of slithering soul

Finds the sparkle of an oasis from afar

Now the choice is to determine 

Whether it is a vagary of mirage

Or the assurance of a promising drop

Whether the vapor of fleeing sweat

Or the sweet breath that flows from pond

What encalms the fury of sweltering breeze

Whether detour holding the vows of air

Or to meander on the overflowing sand 

The twinkle of caravan is deceptive as well

For there is glitter all over the land.

Now the swarming storm threatens 

Filling his footsteps in a blowing flute 

It tars the golden sky to a charred night

When the sight is taken captive by dark

The quiver is a burden of vague choices

When one has to take an aim  in pitch dark.

Enroute Ddun

2372

16.42 hrs

23.9.26