Saturday 22 October 2016

गुनहगार बिटिया

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
अपने ही समाज से क्यों कर दिया जाता है बेदखल
बिना सूरत देखे ही असल।
कहीं समझा जाता है पवित्रता की मूरत
कहीं तिरस्कार कर दिया जाता है देखते ही सूरत!

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
होती है अपने ही घर में चंद दिनों की मेहमान
सुहाग संग कहा जाता सम्मान।
हर कदम पर मुश्किलें सहती है
लेकिन "रहो अडिग" स्वयं से यह कहती है!

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
अनमोल, अद्वितीय है उसकी मुस्कान।
परंतु कड़वा घूँट पी जाती सह कर अपमान
समझ लेती है औरों की भावनाओं को
मगर क्या कोई समाझ पाया है उसके आंसुओ को??

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
लेकर निकली है फूलों सा कोमल दिल
जिसे समझने वाला कोई जाए उसे मिल।
हज़ारों दुःख दफनाये हैं एक हँसी मुस्कान तले
उसकी इस मुस्कान से न जाने कितने दिल खिले।

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
स्वयं सहेगी दुःख ताकि अपनों पर आंच ना आन पड़े
बावजूद इसके, उसी के अपने उसके विरुद्ध खड़े!
क्या मिलेगी उसे मुक्ति अपनी इस व्यथा से?
कितनी परिपक्वता से कह जाति सबकुछ अपनी कथा से।

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
नाम दे दिया जाता है उसकी इस पीड़ा को "तथाकथित दुःख" का
क्या कभी वह भी निगल पायेगी एक भी निवाला सुख का?
क्या अपनी भावनाएं व्यक्त करने का नहीं है उसे अधिकार?
मत जाने बिना ही दिया जाता है धिक्कार!

क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?
दिखाकर सुन्दर सपने,
धराशायि कर देते हैं उन्हें उसी के अपने।
उड़ान भरने से पहले ही छीन लिए जाते हैं पंख
जन्म से पहले ही सूनी कर दी जाती है जननी की अंक।

उसकी है ही क्या गलती
जो इतना बोझा ढो कर वह चलती।
देवी कहकर सिर आँखों पर बैठाया
फिर उसी को मिट्टी में मिलाया!!..
क्या होना लड़की है कोई गुनाह
क्यों लेनी पड़ती है छिप कर पनाह?


Wednesday 10 August 2016

Dil Karta hai Ud Jane ko..!

Band kar yaadon ki kitaab fir, sir utha ke jine ko,
Mann ki dhuno ko aur dimaag ki taalo ka sangam baithane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Na rok sake koi, kuch aisa kar jaane ko,
Aapni manzilo ko dhundte hue wahin pohoch jaane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Na tu hai bhagwan na me hu,
Bas apni kamiyo ko apnane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Sawar jaye jo kisi ki zindagi,
Ek hi jhalak se meri
Aisi hasti ban jane ko
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Akele safar ka maza hi kya,
Jahan ho na apne hasi batne ko,
Wahin leke apne sabhi yaaro ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Hai jo seeney me kaid darr
Kabhi to aaye ubhar
Saari bhawanayen vyakta kr jane ko
Chandni ki chadar odhe, khushiyo ki godd me so jaane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Har chehre ko muskaan se sajaane ko
Dosto ki khushiyo pe sab haar jaane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Chalte chalte sabhi bandhan tod jane ko,
Undekhi ek misaal ban jane ko
Koshish jiski pehle kabhi na ki ho,
Har wo kaam kar jane ko
Gir ke hi sahi, phir sambhal jaane ko,
Rag Rag me ik junoon jo daudta h
Usi me ghul jane ko
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Baarish ki bundo me nachne gaane ko,
Raaton ki ubasiyo ke beech panchi ban jaane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!

Chilchilaati dhoop me thandi hawa ban jane ko,
Taqdeer ki rekhaon ko azmaane ko,
Dil karta hai ud jaane ko!!


Thursday 4 August 2016

Hold me High

Want you to embrace me and hold me high
coz m not strong enough, I don't deny
Now that I owe you my heart,
Never will I want to part..
Tender care is what I mean,
Hope,distress never be seen.
"We" have been through a lot,
No matter what the situation, we fought!
Will I ever be able to repay the debt??..
Now that I have nothing left.
How will I live without you?
Together, the happiness always grew.
If ever did I fail,
You were there to take me out of the hail
Did not have the strength to stand,you never let go off my hand.
Missing you badly,
Anything makes sense hardly..
I need you.. Want to embrace me and hold me high,
coz m not strong enough, I don't deny...

Tuesday 28 June 2016

She Moved On..

Incarcerated behind the bars of time,
Marked by the allegations of the society
Chained in shackles
Buried deep in a masquerade,
Tears of helplessness beneath.

Shrieking but no one to listen
Yet a smile on her face,
She moved on..

She moved on so she could inspire,
She moved on so she could help those in need,
She moved on so nobody could see her vulnerability
She moved on, strong as ever, unwavering.

She moved on alone, in the dark,
She moved on not coz she didn't need anyone,
But coz she was tired, tired of trying, tired of being let down.

She moved on, to set her soul free
She moved on to breathe again,
She moved on to live again.

She moved on, with a smile on her face,
To create her own destiny!

Saturday 21 May 2016

No one kills me..But me!

No one kills me, but me
I am my own murderer
I wander these dark alleyways
In search of something
I don't even comprehend
I am the one who's always wrong
And no one cares
To put things right
I do not possess the finesse to confront
Yet no one bothers -
Not to accentuate my agony.
Disheartened as ever I can be
Tired of explaining myself
A fire kindles in me,
Not anyone I mean to offend
Just being innocuous -
Trying to obliterate my dark side
Coz I am no one!.
But I am me!!
I am my own murder..
As no one kills me but me...

Sunday 27 March 2016

Fettered

Am I just history, and hold no value in your life?
Sitting in some corner
Bedraggled in my tears
But you don't know it
Not that you care

Does it not show in my eyes
The pain you inflicted?
But you don't want to see it,
Compassion once flaring
Now the shards of broken dreams 
Ruthlessly stab my eyes!

I am flushed when we cross,
Enervated by the thrashings of time
Bearing the scars as souvenirs
These memories will stay forever
But then you decided to leave,
Never to return...
I am vacuous and hollow from the inside
Can't shriek or pour my heart out
Trapped in my own cage, wings chained
Left in the midst of the deepest ocean
I'll always be your little secret
Delve deep to find my originality and you go empty handed

Did not once think of my emotions
When you were so intoxicated
Just wanted to touch and taste me 
Then I was tossed aside
When I could not fulfill your needs
Like I was a piece of gibberish  to be dumped in a trash can!

This was not done to me once
But twice, thrice...
and now I have lost count,
Gone numb.
Have a sight but no sentiments to comprehend
What I have become is not my fault
I have been made this way
by the recurrent tides of time
Stripped bare of my skin
And here I lay on a cold stone,
Unfeeling and beaten
And you call me a soul-less monster
Yes! I have no soul
Because it is long gone,
Taken away from me-
Burned to leave only the ashes 
Ashes I cannot regenerate from 
Now they are gone, and so is my identity!