Ode to Innocence

Ode to Innocence

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 Shama e chiraag jo bujha diya

Buzdilon ne gunaah aur gustaakh se

Lahoo ye laal na kabhi mitegaa

Humaare zahan o dimaag se

Roshan e khaas thhe wo, 

Agaam khwaaiyishein thhe wo

Aye zaalim tere is napaak khayalon mein 

Kahaan thhaa khauf Khuda ka?

Kya tere banjar dil ne .....

insaaniyat aur jazba bilkul hi bhula diya?

The Moon

The Moon

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If Stars held our destiny,

The Moon they say hold our dreams

On the backdrops of a black blue sky,

Shining like a silver shield

To heaven it belongs, bears to earth a witness

Owns the night, an elegant heiress

Diana, Luna, Selene call what you may

She ramps the starwalk, in her determinant way

To her own will, to her own whims

Crazy crescent plays a game of shapes

With its charm it casts a spell

Deep dark mystique as well

Dazzles and showers its aura divine

Lullabies to hearts that pine

Inspire lone hearts to rhyme

At the end of each day, starts a new Once upon a time...

Grey

GREY

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O! to run, to belong nowhere

Thanatos taketh far away

Into His land, colored grey

Life and soul have no role to play

Conscious mind donot here stay

No joy, no feel, no emotion tamed

No “Whys” and “Hows” no one to blame

Frozen clock, cold and pale

No tears, sorrow, heartaches and pain

Lost or finally settled in lonely terrains

Grounded in deep burial of barren

A search for peace, my eventual end.

Restless Mind: A Tempest

Restless Mind: A Tempest

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A whirlwind of thoughts

Clashing head on storms

It is a vortex of dark tormentuous pain

Emotions tumbling like heavy showers and rain

Rippling cascade of tides overbearing

Hear the winds howling?

Stooping walls of hurdles crawl in

The flash and shores are beyond imagery 

Whispers are louder than the cheers

Silence now evades in high decibels

Flooded, trapped destined to sink

Could the anchor pave a miracle stint?

Dark Blues

DARK BLUES

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Deep, calm and fathomic

Horizon beyond the shore

Lives entagled in beastly realms

Dark unreached by sun or even crescent lune.

Tides or surf, the ocean whirls

Mysteries it holds beneath

Cascades and ripples foamy froths

Hiding translucence and knotty weeds

Its tied its free, at confounding helms

Two poles tearing it apart

The present is lost in duels of future and past.

Unrest, turmoils, a search for peace

Furores are paced with new wave that starts.

The Pursuit of Quests

The Pursuit of Quests

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Desires are devil, to trash they belong

The angels sow seeds of novel thoughts

Theres so much to ponder, so much to quest

What holds the mystery in magical realms?

Why so many paths are still untread?

What is about Nature, She has untold?

What are the numbers how they shape and fold?

Why not seek the answers?

Thats what we are for made!

The words dont rhyme, when i am alone

Your guitar strums, always my favourite song

The journey is life, and we walk along

You are my drug, you make me strong

Love is not easy, Its a chugging train

Sometimes on track, Sometimes derailed

Together we can, and we will embark

Unearth the puzzles and light up the dark

The unsolved mysteries that we behold

Will be reasoned with your numbers

Not magic or unexplained souls

Beauty is not what is fair and phi

But what potential is answer to all “Why?”

A Neon Star

A Neon Star

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A neon star on celestial horizon

Shining brighter with every new reason

Swept me off my feet with chords that serenaded

Reached out to me, my mortal self

High above its always meant to be

Not to fall into the realms so earthly

Not meant for social drama and all thats fake

Born to be great! to shine eternally its meant

I cannot ever be the rhyme that pulls it down

Onto the pastures with unreasonable prowling hounds

Not everyone can comprehend its worth

It is a heavenly pure soul, priceless to it will always belong

My recluse, my haven, my love and its abode

The symphony creates a melody as we walk along

The sun will wake up after every night

Wrongs will be dispelled with all the rights

The darkness will be evaded by the light

Just never gonna give up, very happy with you beside

LIBERTY

Liberty

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A chase it is,

To be free

To be loved

In search of self

The soul within

Thoughts and reasons

Rhyme in sync

No borders or lines

Cheery dreams

Trust and faith

The music divine

To the only one

The heart connects

Dont care!..

What others judge

To my choices made

Rejoice and cherish

For each other made

Will fall, will fail

Own my stride

No one to blame

For reasons mine

Truth not lies

Foundations built on

Trust and Love

Holds high above all

To win in life 

Is not the aim

To live through times

Is worth all the fame

Efforts count, 

Not the shame

Standing up again, 

Rebuilding self

A lease of joy 

And liberty gained

LONE

LONE

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The despised bright Sun on a sunny noon

That shining star in the night sky, so aloof

The tiny green on the autumn twig

Each drop of rain immiscible in ‘tween

The river atop the highest height

Tied by string is the flying kite!

The nothingness of darkness and vacuum

All narrate their tales very sad and lone.

Supernova

Supernova

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Precious, pristine and pure

Our bond le amour

We waited, we yearned

Now eternally bound

Vows and oaths are mere words

Rituals, traditions and customs

We are together for reasons beyond

Our love and trust, above all

Happy, elated and blessed

By the people who matter more than rest

My love, my supernova

Its an immense joy

To be approvingly yours

To each other we belong!

Heart or the Mind

Heart or the Mind

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To be right, to be wrong

To stop or walk along

An “yes” or a “no”

Nothing to much ado

To think or act

Faith or the facts

Whats myth isn’t real

Real isn’t clear

Time is the constant

Life is not

Moments are here and now

To be headstrong or bow

Choices are defined

The heart or the mind?

STAGNANT

STAGNANT

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Not to, neither fro

Feet stuck in quicksand

Down, down, down below

Sinking like the tempest struck cargo

High, high, high above

Black clouds blanket upon

Huff, puff, panting fast

Heart beats loud and clear

Sniff, sniff, tears roll

Last cry, a painful pierce

Dreams crumble and crash

Every effort dumped to trash

Away, away, away you run

Things done cannot be undone

Near, near, very near I see

My loneliness engulfing me

Back, back, back again,

In the warps of emptiness

Silence encroaches in void end

DESTINED

DESTINED

"Zehnaseeb" Lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya

English Translation

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Thou art my life, to you i am destined and bound

For you i care with feelings abound

In my heart you reside, you are the love newfound

For you i care with feelings abound

Every moment with you is my precious prize

Times away from you is a sad struggle and stride

Together we are by some mysterious chimes!

Heartily pauper by this royal fate divine

No wordly plea, only you are my dreams

In your eyes, our abode i see

A slice of smile, or a drop of tear...

Come what may, we both will share

A wilful choice, our fate divine

A cupid’s play without reason or rhyme

Against all odds, its turned into a sweet amorous wine

Persephone

Persephone 

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In the cold and dark depths of the hell

The queen bequeathed by her consort Hades

His love she is, but she knows no joy

Twinkle in his eyes, but she still searches the light

The greens, the flowers, the birds that flew

Where art thou mother? Wheres the land I knew?

Parted away from her earth by the frozen Styx

She has been praying for a return since eons, months and weeks

Her hopes and dreams are like the flickering flames

A burning soul fuelled by her strong will

Her laments and yearns never melt his heart

His care and want she can never understand

Both are bound but can never comprehend

Each other the way they could have had

Expectations are the babel tower

With selfish own desires, 

They had become blind to each other

But every puzzle has a solution

In Winters, Hades had his queen,

While all Summer, she enjoyed her freedom

The Time

The Time

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Not here to stay; In a pace, always to hurry away

Not transient, but ushers new change

A ruthless teacher enthuses experiences in your life

Good, bad or ugly only it can say

Some hope for it to arrive, while some run by its side

Great few always ahead of it on their ride

An Olympian athlete on its tracks, will stop not

Even if every life and thing is in its forever-loop lost!