WORTH THE WAIT!

When the steps slow down 

And the heart beats faster 

When the lights fade out 

And movements clear in dim 

When the dreams awake

And the unending roads begin

When the shadows 

Leave us all alone 

I will hold on tight 

Whisper the secrets into your heart

You ruled on every moment 

And it all added till today

But this moment was worth the wait 

To sit back 

Fill myself with the realization

That the cause of her best smile 

Was ME!

LOOSEN STRINGS

The whole city 

Tied with loosen strings 

On this festival 

Unknowing who is on the other end 

It just mattered until 

There was a string 

But life

Posed a different situation for me

It  didn't matter to me 

What bond of string I shared 

Whether of friendship, care 

Or even enmity

Until I am assured

On the other 

She is holding my string  

AN OUNCE OF ME

She requested 

An ounce of me 

And I most 

Graciously offered her

Blindfolded by virtuality

And unable to see

Behind the curtains of beauty

She deceived me in thin air 

And I lay shocked 

Every bit of me 

Every piece of that ounce

Which was gone was painful

But i justified 

My happiness with a forced smile 

Convincing him that 

"I am feeling better than before"

But the truth 

Being drastically different 

I couldn't breathe without it

Because when 

The evident realization 

Dawned on me 

She had not taken an ounce 

I was left only an OUNCE!!

TRYST WITH FRIENDSHIP

In the sheer complexity 

Of the tests of friendship

We tend to forget 

The simplest of solutions

Let your friendship float 

Above the surface

Don't allow it to sink

Down to grave secrets 

Of each other 

It reveals poison 

And sooner your friendship

Longs for sunlight 

Longs for love

Down in the trenches under the sea

Truth is the pinch 

Of reality, of justice

Which will shatter your weak friendship

And test its authenticity

But if it passes

There will be a hand 

Long enough,

To pull it up high 

And propel into the sky ! 

WHAT'S WHAT?

What is inspiration ?

The moment 

You stretch your arms 

Inspired and assured

That you can touch the sky 

That's inspiration!

What's winning?

When the defeat 

After being defeated 

Is proud to be the defeated

That's winning!

What's life?

The sheer reverberation

Of your life 

After you have lived 

That on your death 

They proudly recall your birth

That's life!

What's happiness

That you have sadness your roommate 

In a room of loneliness

In a house of depression

And still your smile never fades away

That's happiness!

JUST NOT ME

She smiled 

Meaning every essence of it

Beside her, was another smile 

She cried out 

Pleading to god 

There was shoulder 

To rest on 

Her eyes shone bright 

And winked at someone 

There was another who winked back 

Breaking the shackles of friendship 

I dared to 

Initiate hopes on her 

But all my hopes 

Drained down my blood 

As soon as I realized 

That smile,

That shoulder, 

Those eyes were not mine 

And hiding the fact from my heart

I backed my tears 

Instead of smile  

That lodged on my shoulders

That lingered upon my eyes.

HAPPIEST OF MY TIMES

The sun has come up the horizon 

And glass no longer shattered 

Now me a person 

Who has emerged once again 

Now without tears in my eyes 

Without a doubt in my heart 

I could barely contain 

My happiness and joy 

As it being the only reason 

Of my every smile 

Of my every dream 

Her eyes sparkled more than the stars 

And sun was no match of her glowing face 

Only reason, being her 

The happiest of my times 

She showed me 

A glimpse of the dream 

Which long I awaited 

She showed at the perfect time 

Only when I needed

And if those were a dream 

I would live in that dream 

And end my life in that very spot 

Because no truth 

Even from the god, 

Would allow my soul to let go of this 

Wonderful incidence   

Beneth that blazing noon

THE FINAL DEZIRE

Someone once told me 

Mistakes willingly committed 

Are either 

Great blunders 

Or 

The greatest achievement

Mine was soaked in both

These moments 

2 minutes and 33 seconds 

Of my life 

My jaw froze as

I gulped down the ice of truth 

It wasn't what I had expected 

But, it was the truth of my life 

Staring right into my eyes 

On the evening of 12 December 

Among all smiles, I stood 

As if I had faded away 

Because that blow was catastrophic

I knew it

The silence within 

Had been armed with a rifle 

But, surprisingly, 

It did not aim my heart 

It took away my life 

Just those few moments 

Of silence 

Silence was shouting only one thing -"NO"

This monosyllabic expression 

Was enough to change 

Me forever 

Life is not about the moments you breathe 

Life is about the moments 

That take away your breath

That drought of silence did take my breath 

Those longest 2 mins and 33 sec did take my breath 

That "NO" did take my breath 

"Some stories are never meant to be 

You just can't ...you can't refrain destiny!!! "

ONE DAY

One day 

Quite sure it will come

I will stare 

Into your eyes 

Drown in the lies 

To find the pearl

Assure myself again 

That one day

I will enjoy 

Your smile 

And fade with it 

Maybe that one day

I will have the guts 

To make sense to you 

And walk away 

With you 

Just one day, ...

That will happen

I believe ...I hope !

CASTLE OF GLASS

It takes a great deal 

To make someone happy and contended

But just a scratch is enough

On the impeccable mirror 

To make its every penny worthless

Just that way

I kept digging deep into a pit

Trying to conceal 

Much of myself

But just when I hit the rocks under

I understood the 

Sands of time has dripped down 

In the hourglass

And the moment had arrived 

To reveal my deepest secrets 

That my heart of glass 

Was broken,

Shattered everyday

Each piece of it

In every possible way 

And my tears found themselves 

None evident, it ever happened 

Picking the pieces in darkness

In the desperate wait 

That there will be a new 

Person to throw the stone on the castle!!