About True Love's kiss and more!

There was a world once not long ago, when true love's kiss used to breathe life in the dead, end wars, cure diseases, even undo curses and turn frogs into princes or princesses into Shreks.

Today as we seek true love's kiss, there is just a wee little problem. How err... do you know which of the myriads of love is true love?

Well... its simple. You would know when it walks into your life. Your heart would ring a bell. But as you wait with bated breath for the true love to walk into your life like a whiff of sweet breeze that would change your life forever... well, as you wait, there are Interim Loves and their kisses. Ummm... these... how do you put it? Shall we say, these are starters? Just fillers, not to be mistaken for true love. Do not make the error of gorging on one particular delicious starter so much, that your appetite for the main course is dead...

So well, you wait again... and wait and wait... But your wayward heart doesnt ring the bell... So you decide to marry and most dutifully fall in love. Well, this is the Safe Love. You come back to the love everyday and love them with the same precision of passion everyday. No day is different and there are no surprises. Till your life becomes a shade of grey and then suddenly someone walks in wearing red glasses and you turn to look at them mesmerized, with awe, with curiosity, even admiration. This is when you have met your Secret Love.

You may or may not choose to confess your love to your secret love. But as time ticks away, the secret loses its sheen and shrivels away. And you fall back on your Safe love and pledge to never be tempted again by red glasses or rainbow colours. And you grow old together happy in your safe haven. You live through life together and even miss your safe love when it rests forever.

But wait a minute, where was the True Love? Did you find it along the way? Did you miss it? Or did your heart just not recognize that your safe love was your true love? You will never know. Will you?

Thats all for today. Alvida! :)

Intezar

Intezar mein katenge lamhein beqarari ke,
Ki abhi chand lafhzon ka qarar baaqi hai...
Waqt ki reth se kehdo zara aahista phisle,
Ki abhi unke aane mein kuch der baaqi hai...
Intezar toh hum karenge quayamat tak magar,
Qayamat ki shaam aani abhi baaqi hai...
Zindagi ki naau khadi hai kagaar par magar,
Abhi rooh mein kuch saanse aur baaqi hai...

Written sometime ago... feels like a lifetime now

Ankahi...

Aaj kuch kehne ko jee chahta hai
Kore kaagaz par alfaaz bikherne ko jee chahta hai
khwab haqueeqat mein kuch yun uljhe hain
Yeh uljhan suljhaane ko jee chahta hai.
Aaj kuch kehne ko jee chahta hai...

Har woh baat jo kehni chahi thi tumhein
Kabhi dhadkan ko zabaan na mili,
Hasrat ko panaah na mili,
Woh har bhooli bisri baat uthane ko jee chahta hai.
Aaj sab kuch keh jaane ko jee chahta hai...

Andhere mein ghum the ehsas abtalak
Dubke kone mein siskiyon ki tarah
Aaj andhere mein tatolkar zara zara
Woh ehsas sametne ko jee chahta hai.
Aaj tumse kuch kehne ko jee chahta hai...