GOODNESS

(communal harmony)

The radiance of the faces
remains untainted
with, or without that veil.

The white with its chastity
that mourns one day,
Can seal love vows on another.

Neither your skin,
Nor that piece of cloth,
Nothing black can alienate you.

Each hand raised in prayer
does signify Hope
But the one raised to heal
holds hope itself.

Don’t abuse a woman,
Deify her neither
Neither abuse a man,
Scorn deeds , not gender.

Versed in vivid verses
are the tongues of different men
Yet Peace and Harmony
is the undertone of each.

So,
Let Humanity be the reason enough
that you exhibit
nothing but Goodness
Let Humanity be the reason enough
that you do
nothing but Goodness.

DEAR MOTHER

No is always an option
Making a choice is no crime
A perfect companion is must
For a majestic course of life time.

Moving ahead in life never meant
Leaving your soul behind
Those paintings and ghungroos
They’d have given you identity in times unkind.

Love is not always about giving up
Love need not always be sacrifice
Stop starving yourself at the desires of your children
You equally have the right to every last slice

You had a life before you had children
Even after them , you should have one too
Living for your offsprings is acceptable
But living just for them, won’t do.

Pampering yourself never was a sin
Just grab those jhumkas if they attract you
Penny you save on yourself won’t get us all the riches
So clutch on to whatever make you , a happier you.

Starving yourself won’t bring you laurels
It’ll just reduce you to no flesh and just bones
So just shut all eyes on the last peice of the bread
And consume it all before stomach pangs begin to groan

Just let your voice out in times necessary
Make it audible while its still in there
Articulate the reasons your heart bleeds for
And when felt unheard , don’t hesitate to blare

Those hands have rolled pins enough
Debilitating yourself has to get over now
It’s time twirl on those fingers on the tabla floor
And levitate high up like the eagle, making the heavens bow
You’ve been feeding me the loaf of selflessness althrough
It’s the time to make you taste the wine of narcissism and self love
You’ve been a cuckoo bird for way too long
It’s now the time to sway like the adorable dove.

RED

You always told me that Red was what always glued and attracted you
And just like a disciple follows a saint, Red became sacred to me.
I drowned and drenched my body in red so you couldn’t dislike me ever, so that you’ll choose me over any crimson or lilac women, so that you wouldn’t mind sinking your hands in me.
My skin against yours , you and me were nothing to differentiate between. You kissed all of me that day because you said ‘red was irresistible’.
In the morning when you left you were in my shade of red, but the next time I saw you were in a Red that my eyes didn’t know.
I should’ve known that red has many shades and that you would embrace each.
That while red was for love , it was for danger too
Red for love? Red for danger.
With rose tinted glasses , I overlooked the red flags.

WHO WOULD

There are nights when my heart yearns for a companion ,
who’d lie beside me and we’d create the greatest poems together.

Who’d not call me insane when I say the night sky ,to me , seems a dark abyss with the stars struggling to breathe , a beautiful struggle indeed.

Who’d sit with me by a desolate stream and with our silence loud enough , we’d write stories of life.

Who’d caress my face with care enough to touch a piece of art.

Who’d give me his words when I fall short of mine and I promise to do the same.

Who’d equally want to be lost as we turn through the pages of our favourite book.

Who’d write songs of how my hair kissing the freckles on my cheeks enchanted him everytime and would sing them to me.

Who’d know how the moon seems brighter in someone’s presence.

Who’d know how the placidity of 3am made people do things that the caos of the day never let’s them.

Who’d see the every hue of rainbow in me and would be the every hue for me.

Who’d know what wonders can a pair of fresh pool eyes and a smile together can do.

Who’d accompany me through the secret doorways of words into the world we desire.

Who’d walk with me on the wet mud do the tracks we leave behind becomes a story for generations to hear.

Who’d know that ‘Love’ can be anything a poet wants it to be , whether it be an imperfect scar or a shooting star.

Who’d know that love never vanishes , it just hides in a dark dark corner , too scared to show up.

Who’d be the ear to every poem constructing in my head and wouldn’t vacillate while reciting his in return

Who’d read this someday , and would whisper to me that I am everything his poetries ever spoke about.

UNWORTHILY WORTHY

UNWORTHILY WORTHY
I am not worth it
I am not willing to hear that
I deserve every happiness
Because no matter what you say
How pretty I am
I am convinced that
I can’t be that pleasing face
I won’t believe when you say
I deserve all of love
My heart keeps on telling me that
I am up to no good
My little self will never believe that
There’s much goodness in my soul
Sometimes when alone I wonder that
Am I that worthless ?
. (Re-Read from bottom to up)
. // Unworthily worthy is a poem from my first published collection The Fragile World.

Drop a text to know about the buying options for the book.
. *this piece is inspired from one such poem that I came across*
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I DON’T KNOW

I don’t know
the ‘I love you’ type love anymore
The love I know is
the ignored texts and the aborted calls.
‘This song’s for you’ days
are now a foreign land
‘Ever heard this song?’
Is the only road we take these days.
The stories we post
have mention of no names,
but still we are the first one’s
to view each other’s.
Though there’s no more ‘Please don’t go’
in our conversation,
but ‘Oh! You are leaving?’
articulates it better.
My poems with his name
don’t show up any longer
but how he’s the first one to read them
we know it all.
From unconscious blabbers
to finding reasons to resist
there’s been an essence
that our bones are filled with.
‘We are together’
has deserted us long back
But ‘What are (were) we?’
has clinged on to us
Not everyone knows
the tranquility of this turmoil.

A CITY WHERE

I just want to belong to a city where people don’t survive , they live
A city where graffiti isn’t illegal and people just splash out their colourful self and awash every street with vibrant smiles.
A city where there’s no noise but only music in the air , every crossing singing harmonies , melodious enough to settle down your restless heart.
A city where smiles are not just behind that 6 inch screen.
A city which does not smell of foul promises and charred friendships rather of blossoms of compassion and daisies of bonds new sown.
A city which calls you at 3am to sit under that vast roof laiden with stars , just to feel silence kissing every inch of your skin.
A city where happiness is not ellusive and a flower blooms everytime two hearts are woven together.
A city where sadness lasts just as long as that sand you try to confine in your fist.
A city where time stops everytime a hand reaches out for food.
A city where roads don’t symbolise distances rather every destination seems to be just a mile away.
A city where we are not to apart to be one.
A city where you meet me with just words of love which my ears crave for , with arms waiting to embrace me which my heart beckons for.
A city where not our egoistic beings but hearts do all the talking.
And I assure , in that city things wouldn’t be the same.
In that city ‘you’ and ‘I’ , will surely be ‘us’.

SMILING WARRIORS

It’s okayy
It’s okayyy to giggle a little often
It’s okay to laugh a little louder
It’s okay to smile a little more
Even that mirror you look upon is craving to have
glance at those curves.
What I say is never let the gleaming look within your
eyes fade away.
Don’t ever let the daintiness of your cheeks to be
worn out.
When you look down from the top you ll find every
being is just a combination of peices kept together
and you know what? The one’s who yet pick up
those peices and struggle on the battlefield of life are
the true WARRIORS.
The one’s who bring out the light through the
darkness of despair are the true WARRIORS.
So smile more, a little more, just a bit more. Yes
that’s it.
Damn, what a divine blessing you are.
I could see the heavens stooping before.
Yes, there I see my true WARRIORS, the warrior
you’ve be hiding so long.
WARRIOR, a true WARRIOR.

For there , heavenly happiness lies

When I say the word heaven ,what’s the thing that strikes you at first?

If you’d ask me the same, I would say the 12 years of school life and those moments of stardust.

I won’t call it home because homes are not meant to be left behind,

School is dream long lost which each one of us is craving to find.

People say when someone misses school they just miss the moments with group of friends

But I say they won’t enjoy the same company until surrounded by those scribbled walls and furniture half bend.

They miss the days when time was calculated by the count of songs that lasted in the way

The days when the news “Your teacher is absent” used to be the blessing for the day.

Today when I look back it feels that every memory is still so ripe in the heart

Even that two step race to enter the school gate seems to be the best part.

Murmuring those prayers in the morning whose meaning we hardly knew

With those eyes which could hardly open in the morning dew.

When opening the mouth was not less than a punishable offense

When there used to be an army always ready for their brother’s defence.

When the voices of teachers were never shrill enough to creep through the ears

But his “Sorry I can’t come to your party” was enough to move you to tears.

When the round tables were set up not for conference but for truth and dares,

Which either ended up in enlocking two hearts or putting a friendship to flares.

That uniform which was once hated coldly today seems to be the best outfit you can put on

And all those memories whenever flashes before your eyes, For sure they makes your heart forlorn.

You cannot help but shedding a drop which reminds you happiness long lost

With every message on the classroom windows Still covered with frost.

And as in the beginning I called it heaven for there heavenly happiness lies,

Undoubtedly it is the same because to reach their every grown up soul dies

You made my life sublime

I miss the really long laughters of winters
when you could hardly cease
And those unending walks on the terrace
Even in that chilling breeze.

The times of the fog when there was hardly someone around.
When our evilish laughters were the only dreadful sound

The memorable walks in which
we used to pour our hearts out
When nobody was willing to hear our voices
we heard us each other shout

We’ve been each other’s shoulder to cry on
And in the really serious times , we’ve laughed like moreons

When betrayed in friendship, we’ve been each other’s best friend
And when faced with problems, we’ve carried each other till the very end

I miss the way we used to criticize random people and gossip abt them
Trust me those moments were the very precious gem

The 10 year age gap was just another combination no. in our case at that time
Because by being both a sister and a best friend you made my life sublime.

But time had to play its role someday
so it finally did
You moved ahead in life with someone
while I still remained a kid

I miss those times, I really miss them alot
Coz Thing’s didn’t remain the same anymore
obviously they could not

The age gap finally played its role in dragging us away
10 years difference finally did the role it had to play

You moved ahead in life and your world became all anew
The knots of our bond loosen up just out of the blue

Our conversation became shorter and they vanished somehow.
But the place we had for each other is the same even now

The fault for what happened is neither yours mine
The one who messed up everything is none other but time

But I know in this run of life , you won’t let me be isolated
and this time in our journey , new benchmarks will be created

Even the world forgets me , you aren’t allowed to forget
Our bond has to sustain forever and I won’t let anything change that