Ahsaas

Ahsaas Hua Hai Aaj Abhi
Ki Woh Ahsaas Tha Hi Nahi Kabhi
Jis Ahsaas Ki Asmanjas Thi Kabhi
Asmanjas Ka Ahsaas Bhi Na Raha Abhi

The Past

Could have avoided the past!
Just remember what happened last?
The harsh words spoken,
Or the hearts broken:
Acting like an imp -
When it could have been a nymph!

Out in life's column
To make myself ever so solemn
The time, the impression, words that failed me;
But ever so much the friend to be -
Here when I am in need...
To be a friend indeed!

The time lost could never be gained,
Life, as it is, untamed!
Learnt quite a few things -
How to pull the strings!
If not the past, the present can be set right:
Leading to a future that is bright!

Haunting Thoughts

Each day I try to pen down my thoughts
Each waking moment the ones that haunt
Whichever path they take...
They all converge to you in some way

Unbidden - unhidden... your eyes...
Speak so much more than your words ever do...
And yet... when I ask, you deny what they say...
Does my heart misread yours?
Unbidden - unhidden... your eyes...
How can I read 'em so wrong?

A quagmire is where I am stuck
With your memories & our 'could-have-been's...
An impasse I cannot seem to overcome
As each day I try to pen down my thoughts...

Love, As Interpreted By Me

Its a blank verse - no rhyme,
No words, to match the previous ones -
The preceding ones or the successive ones:
But still having a rhythm of its own.
Rhythm in its most truest meanings;
When you think about something,
And you smile... No, you laugh -
That's what its all about!

You do not accept it as it is:
Try to interpret in other ways -
But no explanation is ever so convincing,
Yes, then it is love!

When you feel you want to be loved in return;
You fear you want to be loved in return;
You know you want to be loved in return;
And yet you risk being in love:
Then it is as it should be!

Leaving aside all these signs,
defying all logic -
When you need no proofs for your conviction.
You just know it is true:
Then you got the right feeling;
And that is LOVE too!

Silent Tears

Silent tears, they wash away
Even when hidden from one & all
Hushed emotions, stay undiscovered
Even when they stand so tall
Scrunching eyes, fidgeting fingers
The lump in my throat show one & all...
Unloved, unwanted feelings that stay on
Even when there is nothing to stall...