// the bench //

Again someone left
In wait of someone,
By shedding tears
In my eyes.

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आज वो गार्डन की पुरानी बेंच को दूर से देखा तो
मेहसूस हुआ के उसके मन में कुछ हलचल सी हुई थी
इतने सालों बाद आज उससे मिला तो लगा के
बरसो से शायद वो मेरे ही इंतजार में वही के वही बैठी हुई थी

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ग़र कभी ख्वाहिश पूरी होती तो ये हो जाती,
की वो स्कूल की बेंच एक बार फिर मिल जाती,
उस बेंच पर बैठी वो मोहब्बत फिर मुस्कुरा जाती।

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ना जाने वो रूह मे कैसे समा गया
शायद उनका संविधान पढाना मेरे दिल को भा गया

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Another day catches me and
pulls me back as I walk away,
from it, patting away the dirt
that glues itself to my clothes.
Like how the past clings to me,
in poems, letters and pictures
strewn all around my heart,
like leaves strewn on benches,
on pleasant autumn evenings,
when hearts lament parting.

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What an evening of serene love,
Was it for the leaves above
The bench that throned that girl,
How they yearned to crown her curls!

What an evening of leaves' jealousy,
Of the breeze and its heresy,
With which it kissed her lips,
Becoming the villain of their scripts

What an evening of intense zest,
To quit the tree and swirl their best,
Down to the one, they didn't know,
Was shedding pearls for her love, below!

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प्रेम की क्लास में
बैठता हूँ मैं लास्ट बेंच में।

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I often sit on a bench
on the station in little faraway corner.
I keep hearing those announcements,
alarming horns, screaming goodbyes,
happy welcoming, howling and voices.
Train taking me to my destination comes and go
but I don't catch. And this continues for long.
Until I see the big clock showing 11:11
and I remember all things I have left behind
whilst some things purposely left me.
I feel life slipping down from my palms
and I just wish to see more things pass by.

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One of my favourite thing is,
To sit on the beach of my heart and
Command my mind to rewind our story.

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Little did she know, that his forever meant few months...

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