Kaise bhool jaaun wo lamha..
Jab dekha tha tumhe jaate hue..
Chilla chilla ke maanga tha..
Khuda se tumhe, ashq bahaate hue..
Na aansu dikhe mere tumhe..
Na Khuda ko tumhare..
Farishta ban gaye tum..
Ta-umra meri hifaazat ke liye..
Aaj bhi ro leta hu akele mein..
Is jahaan se chupkar..
Kahi dekh na le mujhe koi kamzor itna..
Isliye ponch kar aansu apne..
Ho jaata hu shareek -e-mehfil..
Hanste muskurate hue..
Kaise bhool jaun wo waqt..
Wo lamha..
Jab khud ko tanha dekh kar..
Samajh na paaya tha ab karu kya..
Kis se karu shikaayat..
Kis se shikwa..
Kis se karu daastan-e-dil bayaan..
Kis se puchu wo jo hua tha tab jab kaise kab kyu kahaan...
Ab toh bas dil mei toofan hai sawaalo jawaabo uljahnon ka..
Tum toh bas chale gaye beech raah chod kar daaman mera..
Akela tanha is sailaab ke sath waqt guzarta raha..
Aagey bhi guzar hi jaayega ye waqt tumhare bina..
Aaunga zarur us duniya mei tumhari mai bhi kabhi.. ye waada raha..
Baashinde jis jahaan ke ho gaye tum..ho kar mujhse judaa...

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Masked up! 🎭

Every morning I wear a mask ..
Different mask for each day ..
From morning till the night falls ..
From glowing dawn to the gloomy dark ..
Pretensions and submissions follow ..
Every moment .. Every hour ..
Smile overlaps the tear ..
Confident of no internal fear ..
Darkness knocks ..
And I open the locks ..
Fatigue and tiredness overpower ..
Its an art ..
Full day faking ..
Which I mastered ..
And now I shine ..
In my true skin ..
To my heart's content I do cry ..
Looking at the mask ..
Which beside me lie ..
Still smiling .. Still lying ..
Still full of fake expressions ..
Confident pretensions ..
And I wait ..
From dark to dawn ..
To see the first sign of sun ..
To start a day again ..
Much more fake than the previous one ..
I hate masks ..
But I love them too ..
No one sees .. No one knows ..
Who I am .. Who I was ..
It always smiles..
So unlike the real me ...

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Crimsoned Love!

Delicate..
Like the petals of a fragrant crimson Rose..

Kaleidoscopic..Twirling..Whirling..
Creating crimson patterns..
Inside her heart’s deepest cores..

Overflowing..
Like a gush of blood..
Staining her soul in crimson hues..

Refracting..
Upon the shining light down the rainbow..
Of shaded crimson golds..

Reflecting..
Crimson sunsets..
Glistening..On her skin..
Turning her into his crimson cherubic muse..
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Solivagant!

Alone I stand..Amidst a chaotic crowd..
Surrounded by jargon..Crazy and loud..
Feeling emptiness..Deep inside my heart..
Remembering the moments..That tore me apart..
Alone..In the middle of nowhere I stand..
Smiling and laughing..Knowing how difficult it is to pretend..
Trying to match with other's endless expectations..
Killing the me in me..Without hesitations..
Alone..Like a stranger between my own people I feel...
Hiding a storm inside..Which I always wanted to unveil...
The shouts and screams and cries..Deep in my heart I do subside...
Knowing I am alone..And no one will ever be by my side...
Alone..unwillingly..Struggling to bring about a change...
Transforming into someone unknown..
Is making me feel so strange...
But change is inevitable..And the demand of time...
And I too will with it..Soon align...
Alone I was..Alone I am..Alone I will always be...
But wherever I am..
My shadow will always be there for me...

-Shruti Rachael David

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वो फ़ैसला तुम्हारा था

मेरी सूनी आंखों से सारे ख़्वाब चुरा लेने का
मेरी थमती सांसों में सिसकियां भर देने का
मेरे कांपते लबों से हर मुस्कुराहट छीन लेने का
मेरे वजूद से वो शक्स मिटा देने का
जो कभी जिंदगी खुल के जिया करता था
मेरे जिस्म से मेरी रूह को ता उम्र जुदा कर देने का
वो फ़ैसला तुम्हारा था
शायद भूल गए हो तुम
याद दिला दूं
मेरी तन्हाइयों को और भी तन्हा कर देने का
वो फ़ैसला तुम्हारा था
सिर्फ़ और सिर्फ़ तुम्हारा ही तो था

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Is duniya mein aana..
Na tha kisi ke haath mein..
Jaane ka sabab bhi na hoga..
Apne haath mein..
Aane se jaane ke beech ke is safar mein kahin..
Zindagi guzarti rahi tanha..
Dusro ke saath mein..

Kya khoya aur kya paaya..
In andheri kaali deewaro ke darmiyaan..
Jab socha toh aaya khayaal..
Sirf tera har dafaa..
Band darwaaze karte rahe..
Tere aane ki aahato ka bayaan..
Deedare-aks tera ban gaya..
Meri dua..

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Khaali frame-o sa.. Deewaro pe latakta raha..
Kaid parindo sa.. Asmaano ko takta raha..
Murjhaaye phoolo sa.. Zameeno pe rundta raha..
Kaale saayo sa.. Raato mei bhatakta raha..
Sookhe aasu sa.. Aankho ko bharta raha..
Nazuk belo sa.. Darakhto se lipat- ta raha..

Ye mera bichdaa.. Roothaa aks..
Kabhi mujhse miltaa raha..
Kabhi bichadtaa raha..
Ulajhtaa raha.. Sulajhtaa raha..
Sisaktaa raha.. Muskuraataa raha..
Dhundhlaataa raha.. Damaktaa raha..
Pis-taa raha.. Mehektaa raha..
Chatpataa-ta raha.. Udtaa raha..
Girtaa raha.. Sambhaltaa raha.. Chalta raha..
Sehta raha.. Marta raha.. Jeeta raha..
Mujse shikwe karta raha.. Kehta raha.. Sunaata raha..
Main sunta raha.. Manaata raha..
Uski fariyaado ke sailaab mei..
Doobtaa raha.. Tairtaa raha..
Khud ko usme kahin..
Dhundhtaa raha..Khotaa raha..Paataa raha..
Saanse leta raha..
Zinda rehta raha..

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You are a tear in my eye!

Every morning I rise..
With the warm sunrise..
The songs of birds..
The thoughts and words..
Of love and delight..
And a tiny tear in my eye..
Time does fly..
And the day goes by..
I am left alone and weary..
My day monotonous and dreary..
Still that tear glistens in my eye..
Keeping me and my faith alive..
Time again takes its turn..
Evening in the dark night burn..
Now alone..all by myself in my mind..
You in me..I try ways to find..
I go to bed with that tiny tear in my eye..
To all my confusions..I ask my heart a reply..
I cried for you..I still do cry..will keep crying for years..
All I can do now..is just weep these silent tears..
I feel I lost you..and can never this pain bear..
But suddenly I remember..you are so close..so very near..
And all my sadness..with this little thought die..
You live in me..you are that tiny tear in my eye..

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A silent gaze...
An audible silence...
An empty dream...
Unheard..
Unseen..
Unfelt...
Presence..
Absence..
Significance...
My Isolated Existence...!

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Faded Memories!

In my book of memories too..
Lie a few pressed and faded flowers..
They lack their freshness and beauty now..
And that fragrance which could be smelled from quite afar..
Still in those withered petals I can see..
The traces of beautiful moments spent..
Still when I open the book of memories..
I can smell that intoxicating scent..
Though time has made them lustreless..
Still I see them gleam within..
Though time has diminished..
That enchanting spell..
Still i feel them breathe within..
l witness a visual of faded memories..
Running..
In front of my dreamy eyes..
I feel a sparkling tear..
Trying to blur my view..
Of those unforgettable lovely sights..
Asking me to move on..
From what it was..to what it will be..
My heart assures..
That the impressions..
Of those memories old..
Will forever be engraved deep in me..
The fairytale I had lived once..
Is now my indelible memory..!

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