Friday, October 10, 2014

Besabri

Tumko yeh naa ehsaas tha,
Humko bhi kahan khabar hui
Tum toh chup rahe magar,
Humse hi naa sabar hui...
Humse hi naa sabar hui...

Khamoshi ke sannaton mein
Ab toh bas basar hui
Kehna toh kuch chahaa magar,
Shabdon se kahan guzar hui...
Humse hi naa sabar hui...

Saturday, September 27, 2014

ennui

Words need to be uttered...
To break this deafening silence.
Whether YOU speak them or I,
Something, anything, other than a sigh.

Send it crashing, clapping, crackling,
In this bottomless pit of nothing...
Let them appease, atone, anew
This overcast feeling of ennui.