In the haunting city of dreams
Money and fame get the loudest screams
But in persuit of well-known dreams
What of those that go unseen?

What of a dream, to see sunrise
With love reflected in his eyes?

What of a home to call my own
Where love and laughter set the tone

What of brown eyes, so deep and wide
Holding desires that don't subside

Do such dreams burn for daring high
For reaching stars beyond the sky?
Or do they linger, lost, unseen
Trapped in the eyes, that can't just dream?

Do they haunt with pain?
A whisper lost in pouring rain?

Or they wait in silent plea
For just one soul to set them free??

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कब तक वक़्त, हालात और जिंदगी का नाम देकर
हर हकीकत को नजरअंदाज करोगे?
कभी तो आइने को सच बताना पड़ेगा
के हरएक कसूर तुम्हारा था
तुमने इश्क़ किया
पत्थर से किया
और बेमिसाल किया।

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At the end
Who won?
At what cost?
And did that matter?

The promise to never let ego win
Turned out to be just words
The memories of laughters
Turned out to be gloomy nostalgia
The friend who became family
Turned out to be a stranger
The lover who held your hand
Turned out to be an ex
The colleagues who shared everything
Turned out to be contacts

And you have to accept,
"That's what life is..."

Life...
With burned bridged
And heart filled with grief
With sleepless nights
And unspoken feelings

But you know what is the bitter truth?
This is not norm
Life is what you make
Life is what you choose
And when 2 people, colleague, friends, or lovers decide to hold on to
There's nothing, Literally nothing
That can rock the boat
That can sink the ship
That can burn the bridge

Someday it was me,
someday it was you
And we are living with regrets
Writing poems in night
And calling it a life

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आखिर में हर कोई
तुम और में, सब

"It was not my fault"
"What could have i done"
"मेरे पास ये सब सोचने का टाइम नहीं"
"I don't have bandwidth"
"This is how life works"
"They should be happy in all condition"
"It is not my responsibility"
"I did not do anything"

कहेके IGNORE करके सो जाते है
और दुनिया, थोड़ी सी और बदतर हो जाती है

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पता है आज भी
सबसे बड़ा मसला
इश्क़ ही क्यों है?

बाकी सब कुछ
काबेलियत से हासिल होता है

एक ये जालिम इश्क़ ही है
जो किसी की रहेमत का मोहताज़ होता है

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हर उजलन को गवाह बनाकर
वो इंतजार का सवब देते रहे।
हर जगह अकेले बैठे ग़ालिब
बिना सवाल के जवाब देते रहे।

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You think you miss people
when you are sad or when
life is treating you hard
But in fact
You miss your loved ones the most
When you are laughing on a silly thing
When you find a relatable meme
When you accidentally crack a joke
that's his type of sense of humor
When you watch his favorite movie
When you are celebrating victory
When you are genuinely happy
And just realize
You can't include them
Can't them
That's when you truly miss them the most

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मुजे पता है के मुजे तुमसे प्यार है
क्यूंकि जिंदगी की भागदौड़ से
जो मे जो पल चुराती हूँ ना
उसका हर लम्हा मुजे तुम्हारे साथ बिताना है

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I don't burn the bridges
I never cut out people
Because I let very few in
Very few with whom I'm me
Me, my non-filtered
Vulnerable and a bit stupid me
It takes a lot of trust
Admiration and love for the person
Its not that I'm blind
Its not that I don't see their toxicity
Its not that I don't see their faults
But I choose to be with their worst version possible
But today I did cut off
I did burn the bridge
Yaah, there's first time of everything
But the version of me who swore
To accept people the way they are
Keeps questioning uncontrollably

Was it so hard to let go one mistake?
No, it wasn't
But I wanted to cut off
I wanted to be selfish enough to cut off

Why i couldn't bare it one more time when i could for years??
I don't know

Was I hormonal?
Yes but I was so done and exhausted

Was I lashing out because I couldn't lash out on someone else?
There's a possibility but that doesn't mean, the person was innocent

The loop continuous to haunt
The questions disrupting my peace

The peace for which i did burn the bridge

The irony!! Right?
One day, maybe I'll find out

But till than...

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I wanted my dreams
To come true with you
And I'm so proud of you
You turned
My nightmares into reality

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