Tag: strength

As the love shines bright

I know I’m young but life wore me out too soon
With you I was young again
With you I was myself again


The girl that would run in the corridors of the school
To hand over a letter she wrote for him
The girl who would slap the girl
Who called her a witch
The girl who would look at the stars and think
What would a black hole mean
The girl who would look at the leaves falling and think
I guess this is the way in love it would feel
Golden and effortless
Like falling feels in sunshine

The girl who would fight
The girl who would give it a chance anyway
Because why not
She would sing, mimic and debate
She would play the instrument of her choice every morning
Fearless she would walk
And dance to her heart’s content
For that girl, at that moment
The world was limitless
Her love was limitless

And just like the leaves fall from those trees in autumn..
So did her life
She endured no doubt
But with the strength she gained
The love she had for life turned fragile
Thank you for returning her to me
I guess you’d be soon gone from my life
But that girl smiles
As she holds your hand
And both of you jump on the stack of the fallen leaves
As the sun shines bright

Tumhaara, mai

Dikh jaati ho agar
To bas dekh leta hun tumhe
Aankhon me apni
Samet leta hun tumhe
Waqt ki berukhi to humne bhi Jani hai
Isse pehle ki beet jaaye ye
Ahiste bas thaam leta hun tumhe

Jo lafz agar wajood kho baithein
Khamosh tumhari aankhon ko dekh kar
Har dard bas samajh leta hun mai
Bikhar jao tum toot kar
Isse pehle samet leta hun tumhe

Chalte chalte aksar thak si jati ho tum
Armaan jo ho bahon me uthane ke bhi tumhe
Muskura kar bas theher jata hun mai
Aahiste bas hath tumhara thaam kar
Aage badh jaata hun mai

Dil chahta hai ki bas qaid kar lun tumhe
Par bebasi tumhari soch kar theher jata hun mai
Naazuk jo ho tum, janta hun sakht bhi itni hi ho
Hausle tumhare dekh rashk-e-fakr ho jata hun mai

Jo hath tumhara thaam kar
Sath chalne ka waada kar chala hun mai
Khushi tumhari, pyaar ye apna
Mukammal kar chala hun mai
Udaan par tumhari mera koi haq to nahi
Isliye sath tumhare bas ud chala hun mai…

( From the Archives – 2017 )

The ‘Queen’dom

It feels nice when a woman understands another
When a woman respects her own dignity
When she cherishes her defeats
As much as her victory
When she learns to value
Every little thing that makes her a woman

And when you do
You don’t blame the tenderness you pursue
Or the pain that is only in your part.
You know it is a privilege
That no one else could imagine
You are someone
Who has an entire world to define

Her wit slays
Entire population of people
Who while being fairly alive
Forget the reason behind their existence.

It’s not that she can’t rule
But to bring up warriors being hidden
Is her nature
Neither does God step forth
To display
His might in the dark is deeper

She takes no pleasure
In demeaning the other
Cz to look down upon someone
Is far beyond her stature

To be great is to bend
In front of the ones you love
Won are many kingdoms
At the cost of thousand lives
Built is just one
With the sacrifice of million lights

They think she is weak
She can’t rule
Poor people never realise
Movement needs fuel

The combustion of emotions and honour
Of being selfless, enormous courage and valour

Had they really understood what being a woman is..
Wouldn’t they have been one too ?