Ab to chillana bhi ni aata

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And then, lights flickered again.

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I smiled
when your lips curved into happiness.
My eyes widened
when surprise danced across your face.

Today, I saw you again—
in the same room
where my heart first slipped into yours.

Your pupils were wide,
just like then.
You were talking to your friends,
while I sat
remembering the lines I once wrote for you.

You smiled at me
when our eyes met—
and yet,
sometimes you look right through me,
as if I never mattered.

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Kyun likhu main aakhir
Jab shabdon ka maan nahin,
Uski ab koi pehchaan nahin,
Usmein ab jaan nahin.

Chal kar kya karu ab
Jab manzil ka naam nahin,
Jab apne hi sunte nahin,
Kya karu keh kar ab —
Samjhaane ka maan nahin.

Bas hua.
Iss shabdon ka ab naam nahin.

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The stars lit the road.

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Fir koi aaya darwaze pr
Kya uske khatkhtane ka intezaar h?
Darwaza to khol doge tum
Fr us bazaar me Jane layak

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My eyes...
They are calmer now
The brown doesn't scream-
Stays just quiet
The black doesn't complain now
Just watches
The white remains clear
But only just.

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The sky was no longer calm
The moon wasn't bright
The night I sat on the roof, alone
An angel again
Fell from the height

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Still my person

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You decorated the emptiness — yet it remained empty.

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