अश्कों की ज़बां होती, अगर,

बिखर जाता रात का सन्नाटा,

टूटे कांच के टुकड़ों की तरह तितर बितर  |

बयान कर पाते, 

बिलखती रूह की दास्ताँ, अगर,

दे जातीं ज़ख्म इतनें,

चीर के रात का दमन,

चीखें इन आंसुओं की, 

सुखा न पातीं जिन्हें मलहम कोई |

बहतें हैं, इसलिए ये आंसूं ,

गुपचुप अंधेरों में,

बहा ले जाने को,

रूह के इस दर्द भरे अफसाने को |

stillness speaks

stillness speaks

 I walked in the dark nights,

 in the forest of myriad thoughts & dreams, 

searching..

waiting...

like a silent lamb,

      a barren tree,

              a deserted shanty...

I walked on in quest of my path, 

I heard the wind, 

I felt the earth,

                    I listened to the song of life..

and at dawn,

 lying in the embrace of the dying night,

being caressed by the rays of rising sun,

 I found my road.........

waiting to be laid,

 by the strokes of my hands.

stillness speaks: Earth Day

stillness speaks: Earth Day

Earth Day

I flew over the Yamuna river a few days back while returning back to Delhi, looking down I saw,

              "Factory chimneys releasing black smoke, which was threatening to engulf the blue sky in it's dark embrace, the entire river was just a grey poisoned swamp oozing white froth....there were islands of weeds & algae across the river & sewers dumping sewage at various points in the river...there were heaps of  garbage adding beauty to this eyesore of a landscape"

                              In my journey I had also come across patches which were uninhabited, filled with thick dense forest and blue rivers criss crossing them, as I sat comparing the two sights mentally This thought crossed my mind,

            "What have we done to this Earth?" I felt a pain deep within myself, in my soul, which I share from the living soul of this Earth, which is the mother of all of us living beings. I could see my self standing right in front of that bleeding hurt Mother of all souls, as she asked me "Why?" through her tears & pain. I could see the monster that Man has become, a heartless, greed driven, selfish, insane monster, in those eyes. Let us stop by a minute, to take a look at that monster & find the human being within.

Let us spare a minute to think all that we have taken from this Earth & what have we given it back in return?

Let us remember that This Planet is our only home, this Earth is our only source of the sustenance of life, which is so precious to us, The only place that gives it a meaning, The only place where we can enjoy all the comforts we are busy earning & creating,


        "What if one day this planet, the Earth is no more? Where will we live? How will we exist? Who will you be?"


Think and make an effort to conserve water, trees, forest, animals, make the environment cleaner around you, save fuel & food, use electricity judiciously & Speak up if you find people doing wrong to this Earth, after all it's as much your home as theirs.


Join Hands, Come together, to heal this planet, which is our only home. And let us make this effort a part of our every day living, not just a formality to be observed or celebrated As a special day or occasion.

stillness speaks: Freedom

stillness speaks: Freedom

Freedom

I do not fear the fiery storm,

nor the thundering clouds,

neither the wrath of summer heat,

nor the cold winter breeze;

I do not fear peaks of obstacles,

that will lie along my way,

nor the cold waves of disappointment,

that shall drown me again & again.....

while this flower blooms,

filled with,

sweet nectar of hope in my heart,

          as it dreams of soaring high,

          and flying to distant skies.

As my soul,

waits for the day,

it will be set free,

free from the worldly chains of,

                        fake ties,

                        endless lies,

                        faceless masks

from the cage of this pretentious human society,

Free to be what it wants to be,

free to live life,

the way it desires.