Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Grave Digger.......


It was yesterday
Wasn’t it?
The blisters are still there.
Just like the pain
The mud marked footsteps
That trailed me to my bed
Reminiscent of another evening
Spent and exhausted
I have lain with the shovel,
And yet here I am!
This very morning
I had hoped to awake
To blissful darkness.
I find myself drawing
The curtains instead.
So I curse the windows
So I blame the light
And I shade my eyes
And I look up at the sky,
To find the same bloody oaf
hanging from the sky
and shining bright...

Oh no! Not again…..!
I've spent hours
muddying my existence
my soul baking in the heat
smouldering in this kiln
like bricks of clay
while the light prickles my eyes.
threatening me with the sunrise,
And my nights always end,
with promises of fulfillment,
But the dawn  leaves me
with nothing to say,
Yesterday the morning was bloody,
Why shall it be any better today?

And yet, everyday,
Graves are what I’ve been digging
All my evenings but spent
burying the sun
All my mornings spent
Despairing at its resurrection.

Why does it find so hard to stay put?
Why do I have to suffer?
This insolent fool,
Ninety three million miles beyond,
And all bright and shining,
While I scrape my corners,
To find some light,
To call my own,

Yet finding none….

Monday, January 2, 2012

बस यही है अगर ज़िन्दगी......

बस यही है अगर ज़िन्दगी,
तो मौत का फिर क्या गम है?
रेत में घिसटते,

धूप में जलते,
अरमां हैं कई,

पर बेदम हैं...

खूब ये जीने की मशक्कत,
माथे पर शिकन,
हाथों पर शिकन,
बवजेह यूँ बहता,
रगों में रहता,
बह ही न जाये,
तो लहू कम है,
बस यही है अगर जिंदगी,
तो मौत का फिर
क्या गम है?

करते फिरें क्या,

साँसों के हिसाब,
सालों के हिसाब,

ख्वाबों के हिसाब,
कलम स्याही कागज़ पर,
जज्बातों के हिसाब,

वक़्त की मैली,
चादर पर बिखरे,
सलवटों में फंसे,
अरमानों के हिसाब,
खर्चे ये है कई,
और अब आँखें नम हैं,
बस यही है अगर ज़िन्दगी,
तो मौत का फिर क्या गम है..