वरमाला तो नहीं
पर हाँ
एक माला ज़रूर
पहना दिया हूँ
ड्रॉइंग रूम में रखी
हम दोनों की तस्वीर को।

क्यूँ चली गयी की जगह
चली गयी ने ले ली है।

अब दुःख नया सा लगता है।

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"GARLANDS OF FANTASIES"

(Read full poem in the caption below)

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If I ever lose two of my most precious gifts, my HEART(LOVE) and my art of producing garland of words, it would be the end of the world for me.

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खार को हार बनाया तो सब कह उठे,
तुममें वो बात है ये हम सब जानते थे।

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When I saw your
tears that day
It looked like beads
of glistening pearls,
I put my lips on them,
and quenched my thirst

Then with excruciating
pain, I vomited
There I found those pearls,
forming a garland of Love
I took it and gave it
to adorn your neck,
Since that day,
happiness built a nest
in your eyes,
Now they only rain,
when you smile...

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I collected flowers, Care and Trust,
you weaved them in garland, Love.

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When moorlands welcome me
With an unsung song,
I'll look for chain of sentences
In dews, to proffer them
A garland of lyrics...

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On my deathbed, do not offer me flowers my friends, instead give a garland of your words, the smell of which would keep me at peace as it used to when the heart was pumping...

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In the thread of hope
We're all pearls
Making a garland of life.

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Your whisper makes me feel your presence
While your memory returns from evanescence

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