I have seen a soul meeting an angel
Vanishing hope and life seems a fable

I have seen a soul flying high into skies
Ignoring us ignoring our cries

I have seen a soul in the moment between life and after life
Unable to respond us leaving behind all the worries and strife

I have seen a soul departing in snowy white fairy dress
Leaving behind the luxuries and all the stress

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कोई ढूंढ दो हमें
हम कुछ यूं गुमशुदा हैं।
खुद को खोजने निकले थे
आज खुद लापता हैं।
कहां खोजें उजाले
इन अंधियारी गलियों में?
यहां हर जलता दीया
अपनी कालिक में सना है।
थामने यहां
हाथ मिलते कहां हैं?
साथ चल रहा यहां
हर कोई अकेला है।
कैद तो नहीं पर
ना ही पंखों के निशां है।
बस ख्वाहिशों में दिख रहा
खुला एक आसमां है।
खुले इस आसमां में
मेरी ही परछायियां हैं।
खुदको खोजने निकले थे
आज खुद ही लापता हैं।

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Piece upon piece;
I'll let my soul "unravel"
All while traversing a world;
I never once tried to see.
A vast world of voids;
All leading to here.

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An Oceanic Void

I stand amazed at its panache and grandeur,
Ocean – a repertoire of secrets
Gazing for hours, unburdening my heart,
I walk towards it; it embraces me gracefully

Splashing its water, mesmerised at its glory,
I immerse my consciousness in its depth,
I wanted to escape reality,
I wanted to submerge my past

An inner voice coerces me to plunge into the deep,
As if a dip in holy waters would absolve me of my sins,
Desperate I was to exterminate my past,
I dive in

I float, I sink
Becoming one with the sea
No thoughts, no fear, no pain, no shame
Is this what salvation means?

I come back to life, I find myself breathe
No thoughts, no fear, no pain, no shame
Did ocean exonerate me of days bygone?
I feel a void inside

A void deep as ocean,
A void in which I’m afraid I would sink,
A void that threatens to engulf me,
I feel bereft, I feel incomplete

My past is probably an inseparable part of me
No matter the lessons I learnt,
No matter the way I deal,
This void isn’t ever likely to fill in

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How is it crossing
and knowing well?
How is it for only
well to be known?
How is it for
an error to be endemic?
To bear a void
and be not alone!

In a wider void - on a narrow belt;
the felt is passed- the passed is felt.

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And when the world screams at you from every side you turn to, let them know what silence can do, how it shall sear and sizzle on their egos as your calmness pours over their revulsion, the way cast iron sears loud at the touch of cool water, and those towering over you shall learn how silence can replenish and bring down walls of insecurity and build them as well. Let them suit themselves how they shall deem your silence, let them be wary of it and be miles away from underestimating you, for anger wrapped in silence is a ticking bomb. They shall know the significance of spaces between words, and the value of your silence while your eyes scream but knowing they aren't the ones to understand, you draw a line, draw silence, and space far away.

Let them know of the commotions this silence can make.

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Empty roads, empty noise and empty people.
Are all in some waiting,
The waiting of being touched by life again.
Perhaps to feel alive one last time.
The moving water, moving leaves and moving memories.
Aren't they all tired of themselves?
Or perhaps just i am.
As if the existence lost a part of itself,
or perhaps i did.

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I feel like sometimes 
no matter how much we try 
it'll never be enough.
Look closely and you'll see why.
That was never what you were
looking for.
You can't fill the voids of you heart 
with worldly treasures.

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We open our eyes only when our voids echo with our names and the names of the ones that created those voids.

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सिर्फ इक मुस्कान अगर उन बेहिसाब सवालों का जवाब बन सकती है..
तो मेरे लिए बस ये मुस्कान काफी है...

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