Nah apna banaya,
nah kisi aur ka banne diya.
Mujhe chahte hue bhi,
ek tarfa mohabbat mein jalne diya.

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Mohobbat mein teri kuch iss tarah faramosh raha,
dosti nah kho doon iss darr mein khamosh raha.

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Kuch hote hote se reh gaya,
Daur tha shayad isiliye
samay sa beh gaya.

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And what if the flow we choose to go with,
has a different pace in both our lives?

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Has the quarantine got to me?
The silence around is deafening,
Voices in the head are threatening.
The peace within is lessening,
It is destruction, yet to be.
Has the quarantine got to me?

Is it you too or is it just me?
This nothingness is unsettling,
Everything around is questioning.
The being within is deadening,
It is too vague to even be.
Is it you too or is it just me?

Whatever this is, it needs to go.
We seem okay but about to blow.
The scars it's leaving within me,
Even when it ends, will I be free?

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ACCEPTANCE

On the nights I sit alone with a crowded head,
amidst the noise of confusion, I hear a silent sigh.
It says I know things for what they are to be.
It says I know the truth I try to keep within.

On the days, I leave a trail, I walk living dead,
with unaware lows carefully hidden between the highs.
I keep running from it only to realize I'll never be free.
I have the lyrics but acceptance is the rhythm.

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I shut my eyes
and it all comes back.

Insignificance, loneliness,
social difference, lacking homeliness.
Memories, unrequited love,
unheard stories, pressure above.
Undying regret, brokenness,
self threat, constant hopelessness.

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And after that, I walked alone.
Alone, I conquered my fears.
Fears known to nobody.
Nobody but the one that left.

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Peeks of sunlight in overcasting rain,
Moments of relief in years of pain.
Broken hearts and barely sane,
Are we really existing in vain?

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Nah duniya ki raahon mein,
Nah kisi ki chaaon mein,
Jo sukoon milta hai
maa ki baahon mein.

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