Am I of You or You of Me?

Behind me walks my shadow

A reflection of what I am

Becoming a silhouette beside

With my waxing and waning light!

 

You catch me unaware

Or just accompany me everywhere

Perhaps, leave me alone at times

Am I of you or you of me, I wonder?

 

Two companions apparently stuck

Yet one disappears unannounced

If I were to catch you

You just suddenly twirl and disappear!

 

Am I of you or you of me?

Are you more enormous than me?

Dwarf-like or gigantic can be your dimensions

Guess it’s all up to me!

 

To lead or be led by you,

I choose the latter many a times

I am at the lowest trough

Only to bounce back each time.

 

You are of me

Or that’s how it should be –

Emanating from my light,

My companion – as long as I wish,

To be a dull outline behind,

Behind the vast fiery build…

A miniscule reflection of me

Not over-arching, only a minor projection

Of what I permit in whatever degree.

हमारा क्षितिज

चलते चलते चल रहे हैं

कदमो से न पूछो कहाँ

चलते चलते पहुँच ही जायेंगे

मंज़िल है हमारी जहाँ

एक कदम जो लड़खड़ायेगा

तो दूसरा कर लेगा उसे  स्थिर

आगे आगे बढ़ते जायेंगे

कोई कैसा चिंतन फिर

हवाएं हैं कुछ बिगड़ी हुई

सूरज में है कुछ ज़्यादा तपन

कदम फिर भी बढ़े जा रहे हैं

अपनी ही धुन में मगन

चलते चलते चल रहे हैं

जीवन की आपाधापी से और भी संयुक्त

हमने नहीं चुना है इनको

चुनौतियों ने किया है हमे नियुक्त

आज़मा चूका है ज़माना हमे

अपने कहाँ आज़मा पाते  हैं

बस्ते हैं हम उन में ज़रा

ज़रा ज़रा उनका हम बनाते हैं

तो फिर साथ साथ चलते रहो

कदमो से न पूछो कहाँ

तुफानो से घिरकर पा जायेंगे हम हमारा  क्षितिज

आखों की नमी से परिपूर्ण और अक्षित

HE

He is my protection

My invisible hug

The warm embrace

The virtual touch

My incessant thought

The warm string of emotions

The rainbow enveloping my world

The waves lashing at my feet

The cool reassuring gaze of the moon

The brightness and light of the sun

The wind that puts me to sail

The inspiration that eggs me to carry on

 

The shadow that never leaves

Only hides beneath

As a single set of footprints

When one carries the other

 

The big shoes that cover my restless feet

The stole that snugly wraps me up

The cool soothing dew drops

Those refresh leaves after a night of storm

The colour that transforms an ordinary moth into a butterfly

The dance that makes a statue graceful

The simple pat of sugar on my doughnut

The breath that breathes life into my breath

 

My life-source, the magical elixir

Which, metamorphoses staid water into the effervescent bubbles

 

Bubbles I blow, weaving a fairytale

Of the hug, embrace and the touch

Lost in this love ever so much

 

I WILL...

Envisage I will
I will positively
Positive thoughts & emotions
Emotions which pull me up
Up & up I will fly
Fly with my thoughts
Thoughts based on a foundation
Foundation of work, drive & love
Love & determination to do
To do my best that I can
I can & I will change
Change my path
A path of courage & grit
With grit I will move on
On & on I will go
Go till the depths of my heart
A heart of steely resolve
Resolve stronger than rock
Rock solid & burning bright
Bright as a thousand sun(s)
Shining on, moving on, climbing on...
Breath after breath...
...I will until death.

You & Me

You & Me,

We were meant to be…

 

Like sugar & tea

Honey & bee

Eggs & ham

Toast & jam

 

You & Me,

We were meant to be…

 

Like body & shadow

Finger & thumb

Engulfed together

Breathing yet numb

 

You & Me,

We were meant to be…

 

Like a flute & its lilt

Strings & the guitar

Sometimes running parallel

Yet never afar

 

You & Me,

We were meant to be…

 

Like rain & clouds

The sun & moon

Rotating in our orbit

To the world immune

 

You & Me,

We were meant to be…

 

Like the sand & the dunes

The traveller & his backpack

Engraving our story

Lovingly on time’s plaque

 

You & Me,

We were meant to be!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I gave up being the woman I was…

 

I gave up being the woman I was

To become a mom;

No longer enveloped by trends and society

Which, I had followed all along.

 

The peaceful break of dawn with a cup of tea

Gazing out and lost in thoughts about the day

And, all the lists to be done.

The serene shower

And the musical drive to work

With chitter-chatter about movies and what not…

 

But, I gave up being the woman I was

To become a mom;

No longer enveloped by trends and society

Which, I had followed all along.

 

The stress at work

Broken by thoughts of what to eat

Or the outing planned for the eve.

Contemplating a job change

A better opportunity which could work out

And the weight gain I could do without…

 

But, I gave up being the woman I was

To become a mom;

No longer enveloped by trends and society

Which, I had followed all along.

 

            Weekend was an awaited time

With parties, friends and outings

On the move always - without any timings.

Not a movie to be missed

Favourite author’s book to be read

Visit the salon to look thoroughly bred…

 

But, I gave up being the woman I was

To become a mom;

No longer enveloped by trends and society

Which, I had followed all along.

 

Now, all that I am and wish to be

Is for you my Son;

Your Father and I are no longer man-woman,

But, first and foremost your Dad and Mum.