Tell and Tale

Everybody dies
And goes to heaven
Though hell is getting overcrowded
And yet there are traffic jams on earth
The one who lends a hand
Is not trusted
And the one who does
Is cursed
We miss someone
But kiss someone else
To numb the pain
We do everything for our gain
But yet never regain
The knowledge to understand
What we lost
And what we found
Just go round and round
In circles of hate
And read books on love
The fact and fiction
Are scrambled in metaphors
We find simplicity very complex
Stratch our heads
And fall over heels
On complexity and call
It simple
A thread becomes a life saver
A  rope a noose
We dont know what relations
To hold on to
And what to lose
We live with ghosts
And ghost the living
Eating is a reflex
And killing a defence
And yet we yell
And kill
Not for food
To survive is to win
And even our twin
Is not our twin
And when our breath
Leaves our side
Everybody dies
And goes to heaven
Though hell is getting overcrowded
And yet there are traffic jams on earth.

Hema S

Constant Change!

In the same cycle
Of rise and set
I was born
In the same cycle
Of rise and set
I was gone
Eveyrthing which seemed complete
Was ripped
Things which seemed shattered
Were a bond
The only thing that changed
Was the name
With every season
And life’s game
But yet again
In the same cycle
Of rise and set
I was born
In the same cycle
Of rise and set
I was gone.

Hema S

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Scars…never cavalier!

Wounds have no religion
Scars have the faith to share
Some scars come in closed envelopes
Some flash and leave us bare

Not bonded to the wounds that leave us
It imprints its spirit to our soul
Forgiveness is not what it gives us
Teaching us forgiveness is its goal

Scars are the reflections of the past
For our mind to hold, and spirit to bear
Time may fade some scars away
But the essence of a scar is always there to stay

We all have scars
Nobody is ever spared
Some are trophies to flaunt
Some are punishments which cannot be shared

There are many colours to this art
And many purposes for its  show
Do not search them on just your body
Dive deep into your soul

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Aawaaz.

क्या आईना हैं जो सच बोले

या दर्पन है जो झूठी हैं

दिखे वही जो देखना चाहे

खोटी नियत है या बस

मन की कमजोरी है

Hema S

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Kya aaina hai jo sach bole

Ya darpan hai jo jhooti hai

Dhikhe wohi jo dekhna chaahe

Khoti neeyat hai ya bas

Man ki kamzori hai.

Hema S

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Ghumshuda Khuda!

Dastako pe darwaze nahi khul rahe
Duwawo ke ahate na jaane kaun sun raha hai
Pata uska kaun dhoonde jo sabko dhoonda ho
Kaise usko dhoonde jab laapta khud khuda ho

Ye ibadat nahi balki ek kaarwaa hai
Jawab mile na sahi sawaalon ke
Kasti zaroor mile kinaaro main
Ki doobane ka dar na ho

Hosalo se agar duniya chale
To hoosalon ka minaar woh hai
Minaaro par hum chade na chade
Par zameen par aasara mile zaroor hai

Chot pe maharm uska naam lagaye
Nishaan rahe na rahe dard mit jaye
Dard mitane waala haath hi agar dard de jaye
To gumshuda khuda ko kaise koi dhoond paye

Raaste khoye to hawa
Manzil ka rukh bataye
Andhera khone ki baari aaye
To ujala din ko jagmagaye

Sannate jab dil ko dehlaye
To koyal ki kuhu sukoon de jaye
Doobne ka dar ho to
Tinke ka sahara mil jaye

Girne ke dar se aasaman daraya
To zameen loriyo se sulaye
Dhoondane par agar khuda bhi mile to
Ghum huwe khuda ko kaun dhoond paye

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Kishton se rishte!

Kishton main bat rahi hai zindagi
Rishton main humko bandh gayee
Beeti huwi yaadain safar ke pair bane
To bhawishya unmain jhungaroo si baj rahi

Bacchpan ateet na tha
Na hi jawaani aaj hai
Bas kal ek tasveer tha
Jo aaj darpan dikha rahi

Kajal se saji huwi ankhe thi jo
Aaj unko lakeero ne hai sajaaya
Khoobsurati ka kapde odhe
Badalte mausamo ne bahut kuch hai sikhaaya

Ungali pakadke jo chalna seekha
Ungli pakadkar chalna tha sikhaaya
Seekhte sikhaate chalna seekh gaye
Isi seekh ne humako dhalti umar main thamaaya

Moh se ladi huwi thi jo zindagi
Wohi abhi unmol se lag rahi
Kishto main jo thi bat gayee
Wohi abhi rishton main hai saj rahi

Hema S

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The metamorphosis of life. The phases we go through. The things we learn and the relationships we build with those phases, and in those phases. The transformations that complete us and keeps us ready for further changes.

The installments that instill.

Price!

For every breath that I take,
And, every breath that leaves me,
I understand that,
Nothing I get comes free,
Nothing that leaves me is unpaid,
The sleep that captures me,
The dreams in that slumber,
Set my ambitions free,
For that freedom, I still,
Get to pay the price,
For, I wake up to this world again,
And need to walk along the time,
Peace comes in pieces,
All in shades of grey,
And then every thought which comes to me,
And, every thought that leaves me,
I understand that,
Nothing I get comes free,
Nothing that leaves me is unpaid.

Hema S

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The ‘barter’ system of nature. Nothing comes free. There us a price for eveeything we get. The unique mystical balance of nature

Depression

Silence from the yard of graves
Fills the vaccum in me
Am I the one alive who is standing among the dead
Or are these people dead who listen to me

If dead could walk
You would see me in a frame
My body just breaths
Without life, but in its name

Every minute is a battle
Everyday I put up this fight
It is not the world that is my enemy
My nemesis is right inside

My silent screams go unnoticed
My shadow leaves me in despair
Fear just does not grasp me
My heart tears into pieces beyond repair

Fire burns inside of me
Ashes blow through my eyes
No respite to the scorched breath
Freedom is nowhere in sight

Mute is my cry for help
I dont see a door
If escapade is not a myth
Whose hand do I hold

Cursed is this land or
The layout where I stay
Every step takes me to a hole
There is no ground for me to lay

Corpses of my desires
Desserted on the shore
My Soul orphans me often
Leaving my body to fight alone

Will this coffin put me to rest
Or is this just another quest
Take me to the world of peace
Let this life blend into breeze.

Adhoori kahani ki poori daastaan!

Kissa jisse samjha tha
Tum to ek daastaan ban gaye
Rubaroo bas awaaz se huwi thi tumhari
Pehli mulaqat main tasveer se insaan ban gaye

Kadam jab badhaya tumhari aur
Tum sapno ke saudaagar ban gaye
Aarzoo ki roshni se jab tumhe dekha
Dil dhadkaane waale mehmaan ban gaye

Musafir ki talaash ke mausam main
Tum mere pairon ke nishaan ban gaye
Aasamaan se jab tumhaara deedar kiya
Mere pyaar ke karwaan ban gaye

Waqt bewaqt ke toofan main
Tum ankho ke baarish ban gaye
Mausam ka chatata baadal jisse samjha
Tum to waqt ke azaan ban gaye

Chand haseen palon ki kahaani
Ke tum ek raat waali chaand ban gaye
Poori jisse samjhe rahe the hum
Us adhoori prem kahani ke paatradhaar ban gaye

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