Woh hain nahi hamare, kabhi the hi nahi
Phir bhi chhodke naa jaane ki guzarish sirf un hi se kiya karte hain

Khafa bhi nahi ho sakte unse- ki unhe khabar hi nahi hogi
Phir bhi manaane ki ummeed bhi sirf un hi se rakha karte hain


#pagallove #noteverylovestoryhasanending

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यूं ही नहीं हर पल, हर वक्त उन्हें याद हैं हम करते
यूं ही नहीं हर मौके पे इजहार-ए-इश्क़ उनसे हैं करते

बस गर सांसों की गिनती हमारी यहीं तक की रहे
ये गम ना होगा की उनको हाल-ए-दिल हम बता ना सके

शिकायत है उनको कि अक्सर हम हद से पार हैं चले जाते
क्या और कैसे बताएं उन्हे कि प्यार के दायरे नापे नहीं जाते

होश उनसे संभाले न संभल पाएंगे
कदम जो उठा भी लिए तो बेखुदी में लड़खड़ा जाएंगे

गर किसी दिन उनके सीणे में धड़क गया जो मेरा दिल
मोहब्बत कितनी है हमें उनसे, वो ये शायद समझ जाएंगे

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Where poems come from



Cozied by the fire you sit pretty
holding wine and a book
Oh! Its all of my poems I see
as over your shoulder I look
"It's beautiful" you gasp
"I see you so pained.
Is there someone you love
who remains ungained?"

Kissing your crimson lips
I bend over and sip your wine
"I love you more than myself,
the poems are just lines."
She really is my one love true
my heart has all else tossed.
Unbeknownst even to me
behind my back my fingers crossed

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तमाम उम्र फुरसत से तुम्हारी आगोश में बीते
ये तो नहीं नसीब,
इस जिंदगी से कुछ लम्हे तुम्हारे साथ चुराने को दिल चाहता है।

वैसे तो साथ बिताई शामों की यादों की नहीं है कमी,
फिर भी वक्त को ज़रा रोक के तुम्हे चूमने को दिल चाहता है।

असर कुछ इस तरह का छोड़ गए मुझपे ए हुजूर,
अब सच हो या ख़्वाब, हर मंज़र आपका दीदार ये दिल चाहता है।।

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All these years of that huge love swelling in my heart
Undoubting that no man could love her like I do
Truth was sealed O Heer! We belong together although apart
To your puzzle, afterall, only I held that secret clue


Then I met him today- who holds your hands around
When he laughed, he echoed your pure joy abound
And here I thought- of your love I was the only bard!
Oh such a fool I was!!
And my vanity came crumbling down in a million shards

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And just like that you wake up and realize
Nothing is any more the same.

Not even your love for her.


Especially that!

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Love is so much more than romance, or even togetherness- it is pure, unblemished

True love transcends into being soulmates- even if it stays unlived and unfinished

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fulfill their destiny,
meet their most cherished goal
Earn those tonnes of money,
or build that cottage by the shoal

All will take different roads,
have highs and lows their own
And get through all those thicks and thins
'coz friendship and togetherness we swore!

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Kisses filched in the public eye
hands held where none could spy
Dawn turned to dusk in a sweet song sung
Cupid gawked bemused, left his bow unstrung

Lust reigned supreme and love blossomed shy
societal niceties buried in fancies whimsical and sly
Crevices hitherto obscured awakened all anew
all nooks traversed, uncharted ones now few

Dazed was my heart O Heer!
of such love it ever knew not
Volcanoes implode in my feeble breast
each time your kiss brushes thought

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So, who says lovers apart are in pain?
They are not.


Not if they are soulmates.




Piece in caption- longform

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