Portrait of Life: Rang-e-saaz

Haasil kya hai karna, 

kya mukammal nahin maloom

Manzil guzarte karwaan jaise 

Kahin kho gaye wo junoon

Waqt ke daayron mein

Uljhe huye ulfat aur ummeedein

Kahin roshni, kahin syahi andher se 

Rang-e-saaz hai ye zindagi

Women's Day

 

cherish being you 

cherish being me

cherish & treasure equality

diverse in thoughts 

diverse in strength

diverse to dream the same

choose the pinks

or choose the blue

no hue can define nor confine you

inspiring icons

aspiring hopes

no bounds no ropes

breaking the glass ceiling

Women in every role!!

Impermanence

Impermanence

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From one of many buds

One flower blooms

A vibrant color show

For the birds, bees and drones

And every eyes that beauty beholds

Following the shiny sun-ray roads

An impermanent story told

Of one so surrounded yet very alone

To whither but not old

The decaying despondent soul

Spring Again

Spring Again

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Bare branches, 

Again full of new hope

Tufts of new flower blooms

Vibrant in colors of blush pinks

Just like a rainbow

When rainy clouds adieu

The humming songs

Now louder than croaky toads

Blanket of blue sky

Warmer and more azure

The greys fade away

Snow unfurls and float

The sprite of breeze

Cheers the sun and advent of Spring anew!

Introspective

Introspective

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A point of time very undefined

Not happy heart nor heavy nor sad

Moment of passive inert clouds

No specific horizon nor grey doubts

A dimension beyond this realm

Maybe it has or maybe not yet named

Unfound, undiscovered, mysteriously latent

Like the rainbow ends or the ocean its landed!!

Questions galore and thoughts to ponder

Calm clouds after rain, hiding the clapping thunders

As restless benthic yearns to catch a shine

From the blinding depths of the still brine

Charms of solitude, for a while a reclusive

Once upon a chance to reflect and be introspective..

New Year!

New Year!

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Time transcends into a New Year again!
The journey is one persistent continuous travel
With clouds, sunshine, snow and rain.
Throughout every season of calm and tide
Always something new to behold
The ride through life is on a meandering road.
The directions lead to choices more
Paving new ways, maps to draw
The walk onwards with new hope and awe.

REMINISCE

Reminisce

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The healing wounds light up the soul

Journey afar to many moons more

Unwinding times to memory lane

Sunshine through my window pane

Bright blue azure with dreamy clouds

Afloat I drift away from self-doubts

Hopes spring from tiny sprouts

Fragrance of love all around

The good and joys are the building bricks

Cemented by tears and failures I pick

My own choosing, as I do

On my way from here onwards as I go

Into the realm of known unknown

Rhetoric

Rhetoric

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On the verge of my mid third decades

Still chasing elusive dreams

Like I got large fairy butterfly wings

Hopping from one quest to another

Re-inventing curiously my own limits

Just when it gets too comforting

Already on my way for more unknown to seek

'Tis said the treasure lies buried at Rainbow ends

The colors pave my way in light and dark shades

And I still keep meandering and ponder..

Am I there yet?

Soul

Soul

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The shiny droplet of rain

Does it hold a vacuum within?

Bubbled watery blob of air,

Seeps in soil for life to begin

The fire that brightly glows

Hath that same airy soul?

Empty encore that holds:

Burning flames of gold

The Arial sprite of wind

Is all air and nothingness in?

Breezing aimlessly everywhere

Carving wonderous waves, dunes and tides on its way

From nothing to begin

Emptiness turns into strength

The hollows build a depth

And inevitably, the feathery soul weighs in

Wanderlust

Wanderlust

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Onwards in search of adventures anew

Insatiable wanderlust guides me through

A traveler soul like the river runs

To learn to seek what i have not known 

The experiences to paint my own globe

Of terrains and oceans that I behold and view

So many more ways to pray, speak and eat

Such ancient history etched on their edifice 

With every mile, changes herald

Time has inevitably played its part

Smiling faces and welcoming hearts

Some are still caught in a loop of past

While there are realms

Which are way ahead in their art

Makes one realize, it’s our own choice:

To roost in comfort or tread the novel path!

Aks: Reflections

Aks: Reflections

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Apne ghamon ka kabhi mehfil na sajaaya

To nachizon ko khush-qismat rangeen lage

Apni kahaani musafiron ko na bataya

To raaste humesha chiraag-a-bahaar lage

Humne bhi din aur sham k dariya se hokar guzra hain

Raaste phir bhi sabhi ko gulzar-a-tabassum lage

With joyful colors have painted the veil

Curtaining the tinted shades of time

Stories of hope to pen

Never the tears to rhyme

Such an imagery of life

That bed of roses is where I "lie"

Home

HOME

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As the miles expand with each pace

The gypsy heart finds solace

Knows theres always one place to go

To roost and rest the soul

The warm smiles and cradle of memories yearned

The longing of belonging somewhere

A place called home, so dear!

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Wonder!

Wonder!

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Its only after the fall,

Learn how to climb the wall

When facing the grave fears

Great strength starts to appear!!

The defeats teach to strategize

What moves are wrong and right

A war lost preps for the next battle to fight

Trust in self shines new hopeful light

To find the courage deep within

Is a wonder of mind and might!!

The Tree

The Tree

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Inspired by history, 

Now I breathe

I paint beyond the future 

To live ingrained in sands of time infinite

From a seed of thought, a sprout of life

Rooted to my soil, nurtured by love

I am the Tree, traveling through eons

Now aged in miles!

Silent, still and standing tall

The roars you heard, when winds had howled

My leaves of hope wither and grow

Again and again, with seasons anew

I witness time, like a child at play

To build and destroy is its favorite game

I see the changes, and how it evolves

I have been standing here all along

They all come and go 

To divide things in right and wrong

I know not sides

I radiate and grow in directions all

Perennial and un-fallen, 

Unscathed it seems ?

Resilient, i keep healing

 With my will to live!!

Present

Present

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I am here, I am now

I can hear the ocean howl

The roaring tides subside

The hermit crabs crawling out

They come out of their hide

The footprints washed from sand

All grains are again aligned

A cycle that goes on and on

This moment I catch a glimpse of it awhile

The present, where I live and belong

My most precious time!

Disciple of Time

Disciple of Time

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A new day heralds!

Fresh hopes unfurl

The green grass ahead

A road that leads

To the haven of wise

Where Athena resides

Halls echoing the chimes

An yearning to learn 

From the great teacher called Time!!

The River

The River

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The felicity of river when runs untamed and wild

Unshackled and unchained to meet the vast brine

No rocks, no crevasses, no gorges can contain

No vessel should dare bound it from stream

When stationed, it stales, it weeps to be free

If it lands ashore into realms not known

Will turn it green or flood the pastures serene

Her angst and cheers are extreme and infinite just like her road

She is best a traveller, who seeks to learn 

With her flows the memories she amassed on her ferry rides

Rough sands and grains with time she lets slip through

The pearls of wisdom she holds onto

What she keeps running from? Is it her beginning?

In search of inevitable with no plans of pausing

What she keeps running to? The deep force that attracts us all

The Love she seeks all her life to belong!

Runs deep through caves, caverns and mounts

Cares not what comes, always finds her way out

Very pure and clear, can see the life and rocks in its deep

Some call it shallow yet are drowned with its ebb

The tumbling river never stands or still

Sculpts its way to the joys it seeks

It falls, it whirls and winds up on its way

To live and learn from the continuity of life its blessed

New Road Ahead

New Road Ahead

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Another new road ahead!

This journey is now punctuated with a end thats all well

Better it could be, there will always be scopes to amend

The Best is yet to come, I know for sure

For 'tis a journey to learn, and its an endless road!

The miles covered, are in memories etched

Both rights and wrongs i attempted them

Experiences count, will carry them on

To do far more right and not repeat the mistakes wrong

Thanks to all who lit up the way

Even the ones who darkened it in shades

For without that cycle of hope and despair

Wouldn't have reached to the point here!

But theres no stops, more directions ahead

Desire to test my own weakness & strengths

With all the good blessings and my dear Love

Choose to journey to the new world!

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He

He

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He likes me when i am asleep

Calm and quite when not a word i speak

Lying undead in a slumber deep

He jests thats when i am serene

He kisses me on my cheek

Moist and wet by tears i weep

Grief has softened the harsh stone within

For no penny will i sell this dream

He loves me and he loves me not

There are time we make up

And times we have fought

No matter what pace, clock tik-toks by

We fail we rise but together walk the miles

A Paper on Fire

A Paper on Fire

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The golden hue of promises that gleams and shines

The heat the fire, once the warmth and strength

Destroys and kills, and brings down to the knees

Turns the whites from burnt brown to dusts of ashes grey

No life can stand when it breathes, chokes in neck deep

Whipped by its lashes, no rights no choices no freedom 

The smoke, the cloud of darkness envelopes

Engulfs all that remains of pain and all the feels built on lies

The death is not a salvation, but an escape into another uncertain realm of more lies??