All things interesting …

I stand witnessing in awe

this scene 

The ball

The scattered yellowed leaves

Like a brilliant golden carpet 

The leaves

Fallen down now, having done their time 

The tree

Still host to many more 

The ladder

Inviting me to climb on and explore 

The gentle breeze

That’s shaking the yellows 

Just a bit. 

I stand witnessing in awe

The red and green swings

In stillness

On the other side of the fence. 

The tree

Looking like a golden trophy

That Mother Earth has won 

Having aced hosting life 

Number 1

The blue cloudless sky

Bending over 

Stands witnessing in awe of 

The butterflies, the red berries, the black ones too

The soft dewy green grass in patches 

The patches of bare ground

The black bird with the orange beak witnessing with me 

And croaking in awe

Just a bit.

Aaj baraf ki safed chaader aangan tak faili hai

Ghaas pe, Football pe, table pe, Kursi pe 

Chidiyon pe bhi giri hai 

Baraf 

naram baraf

Ye thandi sake dene wali 

haath mein lete he jo pighal jaaye wo baraf 

Ye chamchamaane waali

aasmaan se kab giri baraf

Ye shaant sundar 

kuchh na Kehke sab kuchh keh dene waali baraf 

Ye meethe gole waali

Gole banaakar fenkne waali baraf

Hanste chehro pe safed daanto jaisi

Glass mein daal kar nasha chadaane wali aahein Bharne waali baraf

Naso mein furti laane waali

Chot ko sunn karne waali

Dard mein jo raahat de wo baraf

Baahar, jame hue seedhe khade hain dharakht 

Sadak jharne Neher bhi kadak

Asha ki Inmein garmi 

Ek sulagti hogi shayad dhadhak

Bhuni hui garma garam mungfali

Mombatti bhi jaise pighalti baraf 

Safed din aur kaali raat 

Toote taare bani baraf 

Ab har jagah har taraf

Troubled night
No resting place
For my thoughts

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Lost in the fog
Tree shapes in the park
Forgotten friends

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Dry leaves strewn all along
Rustle as I trot across
Rouse memories and my horse

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Transience of clouds
Their shadow on today
Realization has taken root

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we flutter about
creating ripples in
the cosmos around

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Soaked in beachy brine
Swathed in sweat at sunset
Sticky wet

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Life hai sooni si 

Aur mausam hai thanda 

Na aadmi ki jaat na koi parinda 

Patte hain sookhe se 

Honth aur baal bhi rookhe se 

Magar …

Hawa hai taazi 

Aur garden mein

Bacche hain Khel mein khoye 

Football ko maarte hue Idhar se udhar 

Udhar se idhar 

Kabhi dikhte hain 

Kabhi ojhal hote 

Kitne naadaan kitne aasaan va saral 

Jo Saamne hai vo hai 

Jo nahi vo tho jaise kuchh hai he nahi 

Hamesha vartmaan he

Hai Inke dhyaan mein

Ball jab tak khelte hain 

Jhelte hain thand garmi hawa aur baarish

Khel khatam hone par hoti hai snack ki khwahish

Har waqt Yaha, abhi, iss dum 

Bus wo aur ye pal.

चकाचौंध सी ये रात कि स्याही

आँखें मूँदता है बदन

रोशनी – ये शर्मायी सी छिपी सी खड़ी थी दिन कि धुँधलाहट में

इंतज़ार में

pyar se Karne lagi mujhse sawaal

ki tum kaun ho 

Kya hai tumhara kaam yaha 

Ye maloom nahi tho fir yaha kyu aur kaise

Kuchh asafal si dikhti ho, kuchh asahaay si bhi

Kissne bulwaya tumhein iss jahaan mein

Kissne di panaah ki abhi tak zinda ho 

Kya hai wo Paigaam jo tumhare Alawa koi aur nahi de paata  

Intezaar kisska hai , betalbi kyu hai , shuruaat mein deri kya hai , thehri si sehmi si kyu ho

Shukreguzaar hoon 

bahut he kadradaan hoon aaj kal

 ki zubaan pe ik Dua si hai 

Ki Jin adhuri khwahishon  se man rehta tha bechain 

unhi chahato ko poora hote dekh rahi hoon mai 

Ek Ajab si khushi , ek Muskaan Aati hai yehi soch kar labo pe 

Ki jiss soch mein guzra abhi tak gham-e-zamaana

Wo bani aaj haathon ki lakeeron mein likhi ghazal 

Nason mein inaayat ya ibaadat si behti hai

Bhar deti hai dil 

Aankhein bhi geeli geeli ho Leti hain 

Shukreguzaari ki ye aadat

Khushi apne aap hamare ghar aagan mein raha karti hai

Aaj kal kuchh Hawa he Aisi hai chali 

Kuchh Mausam he hai badla sa

Kuchh shaakhein bhi hain nangi si

Kuchh shokhiyaan bhi hain sard si 

Kuchh oas bhi hai Ghaas pe 

Kuchh hosh bhi hai hum udaas bhi 

Kuchh patte peele se

Kuchh hai ve dheele se

Hawa mein udein baarish ki boondein 

Aasman se tange wo baadal 

Kuchh thand si hai aaj kal hawa mein 

Kuchh shushk se hain honth bhi 

Kuchh narm si hai Zameen yaha

Kuchh asar hai judaai ka 

Jaise haath failaye Khade hai darakht

Baraf ki parto ki chadar ke liye 

Kuchh mahino baad sehi 

Aaogi tho udhaogi tho 

Dhakogi tho iss kurhkurhaati thand mein

Pakdogi tho haath

Dogi na saath 

Saawan tak

Jab chidiya fir cheh chahaengi 

Phoolo ki kaliya jo bhool si gayi thi mujhe 

Mujhe door se dekhte he sharmaengi aur khil-khilaengi bahut

Aur chalta rahega ye silasila iss patjhad ki hawa ki tarah 

Behta rahega

Har saawan se 

Saawan tak .

Not very long ago did I start something called ‘tapping’. It was intended to release blocked emotions and indirectly relieve my frozen shoulder pain. A very clever lady called Kanika Gupta started me off on it.

With her I am learning the art of chipping away at a mountain and staying at it. The staying part is very hard for me. My mind wanders frequently; away from the chipping and into standing beside the mountain and looking to the top and feeling less , a feeling that I am nowhere close to where I want to be. Sometimes the feeling is similar to having been trapped for aeons in shackles, someone who has recently been awarded freedom to be in normal day light, normal air and with normal people.

Normal people… why even expect the world from them ? The nurture and support. The Universe provides that anyway.

To be continued…

Go less with the flow

Carve your own path a bit more

Think a bit less

Do a lot more

Commit yourself

Fear a lot less

Look within a bit more

To others a little less

Move a lot more

Stand aside and watch yourself grow