आंटी तू कहाँ चली गई

अभी तो स्कूल में तुझसे मिला था।
ऐसे, बिन बताए यूँ कहा चली गई।।
हज़ारो  की  आँखों  को नम करके,
इस  तरह  आंटी  तू कहाँ चले गई।।

बचपन में पैंट हमारी
गीली पीली होती तो
तू चुपचाप पैंट बदलती थी।
छिदी फटी पैंट को भी
चुटकी मे सिल देती थी।।
मगर आज तेरे लिए
साड़ी खरीदने की उम्र हुई तो
आंटी तू कहाँ चली गई।।

ग्राउंड में घुटना हमारा
छिल जाता था।
और तू उसपर मरहम
लगा देती थी।।
आज दर्द दिल में है
आंटी, तू कहाँ चली गई।।

जब टिफ़िन घर पे
भूल जाता था।
तू टिफ़िन भी खिला
दिया करती थी।।
अब तुझे बाहर खिलाने
की बारी आई तो
आंटी तू कहाँ चली गई।।

टीचर्स डे पे हमारे लिए
लावणी तू करती थी।
हँसते-हँसते तालियाँ
बजाया करते थे।
मगर आज हम तेरे संग
नाचना चाहते है तो
आंटी तू कहाँ चले गई।।

तू हमारी यादों में
हमेशा से ही बसी हुई है।
हर बच्चे को नाम से
तू पहचान लिया करती थी।।
मगर आज जब हमारी
पहचान बनाने की बारी आयी
तो आंटी तू कहाँ चली गई।।

बचपन मे आंसू हमारे बहते थे।
तू उनको पोछ दिया करती थी।।
अभी भी मगर आंसू बह रहे है
और आंटी तू कहाँ चले गई।।

A Lone Valentine

This is for the lone Valentine 

The Lone Valentine who celebrates this Valentine with grief, sorrow and regret

The lone Valentine spending this Valentine’s Day with peace, party and a higher purpose

They are alone, without a partner, but they’re never lonely, for they have something beyond WHAT they want to be! For those who have been in love and for those who love just the idea of being in love.

You are the lone Valentine who loves the adventure of love and have lost yourself in the process. You are the Valentine who is in the quest of finding yourself in a journey only you’re to take. You are the lone Valentine who aches to be someone who is no longer what they wanted to be. You are the lone valentine who is lonely but never alone. You are the lone valentine who has risen beyond romantic songs and cheesy dialogues.

You are a lone valentine who is breaking the shackles of the past, you are the lone Valentine who cleanses a heart polluted with sadness and sorrow. You are a lone valentine trying to let go of the anger and vengeance of a betrayer. You are a lone Valentine who is dating his ambitions and dreams. You are a lone Valentine spending this day with your parents far off in your hometown. You are a lone Valentine if you are moving on from an abusive partnership. You are a lone Valentine focusing on yourself after neglecting yourselves for years. You are the lone valentine who cherishes the dreams of your comrades fallen in the battle. You are a lone valentine if you are grieving the loss of your beloved.

A lone valentine is never at peace until it accepts its true self. A lone valentine endures the pain and lives on to walk forward. A lone valentine might be scarred, but the scars are as much the part of life, as are the smiles. For a Lone valentine is not a victim, but a survivor. For some, Love is a source of strength, but for the lone Valentine, it will be the most crippling weakness that will keep holding them back. A Lone valentine is Something, someone unattached. A lone valentine will not be bargained or compromised. A Lone valentine who is unencumbered will not think of getting back with someone too soon.

A lone valentine who has nothing to lose and everything to gain. The lone valentine will no longer be betrayed, or taken advantage of again. The lone Valentine stops compromising.  A lone valentine who answers to themselves!! A lone valentine free from any  bond, commitment or promises and a Lone Valentine who will not be tied down now! A lone valentine may not have someone in flesh and blood with you, but the lone valentine will never be lonely

You are the Lone Valentine!

Aish: A Story Retold!

Tall “large: and a spectacled girl,

With the sparking eyes and smile like a pearl;

With a farm face and a madness swirl,

In a meaningful chat, her nature unwhirls.

Smart and funny, that’s a bottomline

But there’s so much more behind a benign smile;

You’d start talking and as your interests’ twine,

You’d find her sparking in a vibrant sunshine.

A Girl next door, she’s a walking charm,

And try pissing her off, BAM! Smokin’ firearm;

She just loves her puns

Like the innocent nuns

Be that of talking toads or chicken runs

With her miserable friends, that’s her Idea of fun

She’d love anything that’s covered in wraps,

Even if it’s a paper sheer and a made up rap

In each gift she has her memory snap

If from a friend, she’d find a fortune in  a crap

Just try filling her world in glittering parts

I just forgot to mention, she loves Nicholas Sparks!

She just loves to read, in a bus or a park;

Every bit she reads, always make on her a mark

There’s just so much on the things she’d do or say

Everything she does is special in its way

Sunny or rainy, however the day,

That warm person, she’d always stay

Speaking of rains, there’s always a shower,

As if she’s a person thrown from the highest tower

Into the fields of excruciating scour

As the drop of blood on a thorny flower

Behind the warmth and revere there are scores of fear

The sadness and sorrows would fall and sear

Heart and soul in blood and tear

At times she’s stars, At times she’s moon

At times a warm April, or a Raining June

She sheds her tears as if they’re monsoon

In the ailing voice and a sadness croon

Heartbroken and deceived, the list is long,

Nevertheless, I know she’d stay forever strong.

She just loves her movies, especially rom coms

Action too, when there are cars and bombs

A classic romantic should be having her qualms

But she’s a twirling wind from a fierce storm

Ironic it is, the way she thinks,

The way the toughest of opponents will sync

She could be dying or murdering her feelings

She does that in the blink of a wink

Food is her love, and Brand is her fashion

An attitude of joy and that of passion

Her words are lyrics, her thoughts are songs

And somehow they melt away with chicken and prawns

She’s always someone accepting faith in conversations,

She’s someone beyond silly promises and persuasions.

Her love for her people couldn’t be measured in words

Her love is in wholes, not halves or thirds.

Of course there are times when fate takes a turn

The heart is in pain and the blood is spurn

Her fights end in forgiveness, not scars or burns

She will encourage you If you were down

She’d make you smile, even when you frown

She will make you laugh, when you’d want to cry

She’d make you happy when you wouldn’t even try!

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies

And all that’s best of dark n light

Meet in her aspect and her eyes

Thus mellowed to that, the tender lights

Which heaven to gratify, the day denies

There’s so much out there, that beyond the reason of mind or doubt

But there’s nothing stopping her from making the pout,

You’d read only words in the Instagram & Snapchat’s “about”

Boy there’s so much about her to figure all out

The silly girl keeps thinking there’s still a prince charming

With a blazing white horse and an armour shining

Girl believe me this may be just some pointless whining

But Hey! Never lose hope because every cloud has a silver lining…

We have been there for each other in desperate times

Yes, we’ve been through the worst and dealt with each other’s strife

The tears that have run down your face

And yet, “love” is all you truly embrace

You’ve always helped me out

You’d be there always, I know that without a doubt

And this is your birthday, your special time!

And all I can give you is this frustrating long rhyme

I was just writing, to let you know

I Love you a LOT, and I hope it shows!