Illusion

A thousand lies
that make my illusion
dearer to me
than many truths

The world of make believe
wrapped in silver
beckons tantalisingly

I stand afar
on the periphery of
reason
tempted to
turn back
and lose myself
in yet another
illusion

Coffee Notes

Were they mere words
that you scrawled quickly
on a paper napkin
from the table between us?

It's now a crumpled note,
ink-smudged and coffee-stained
Your expressions are crumpled too,
smudged,beyond what I can decipher

Has your love too gone my coffee way?
Lukewarm,ignored
and abandoned...

कुछ रिश्ते 
छोटे छोटे से लम्हों में 
एक उम्र गुज़ार लेते हैं 
कोई ज़रूरी नही 
हर रिश्ते का 
मुकाम तय हो .
रास्ते हसीन
और ख़ुशगवार गुज़रे
कोई ज़रूरी तो नही
मंज़िल का अरमान हो

Hindi-untitled

तुम्हारे ख्याल 
और तुम्हारी मौजूदगी 
के दरमिया’न 
एक छोटा सा 
आला 
मेरे जज़्बातों
का आशियाँ -
समझ नही पाती
तुम्हारे ख्याल हैं
या तुम्हारी
मौजूदगी
जो
सुकून दे जाती है मुझे 

In wasted anticipation...

You let the pregnant pauses
hang in the air
I try to fill in with useless chatter.

The dark clouds gather,
grow dense with a promise
I watch with a bated breath
the wind rises and,
sweeps them away
The rain gives us a miss again!

Your eyes lose their eloquence!
My heart misses a beat

I get up to leave
leaving my soul behind
you are left to take stock
of the dregs,
the moments,
your unsaid words,and
my soul

Invader

She walks over his mental space,
trampling his thoughts
with her dainty feet.
Her laughter echoes
In the deeper recesses of his 
heart.
And, a smile plays on his lips,
Inadvertently!

There’s more that makes
him muse.
She plays
in his most inappropriate thoughts.
There is so much of her
in his dreams
He does not want to wake up!