A Bird's View

Far below sometimes beyond reach
I see a few green specks...
scattered beneath.
High up in the sky,
the clouds spread farther than my wings.

I dive into the air,
thick sometimes..
sometimes fumy..
So many heads around the green space.

I perch on a branch,
watching them closely,
They are moving always..
sometimes faster than me....

I hop onto the ground,
It looks alien..
Green spaces hidden
by grey structures now..
The branches are gone
Where earlier I could swing and bow.

I sit on the hot window grills,
My feet turning cold,
It hurts to peck on the walls,
My beek starts to revolte..

I turn my back..
Leave this unknown land...
May be I will find a familiar ground,
may be its just a matter of time..
I fly as long and far as I can,
Away from my enchroached space
That was once green..
That was once mine...

रुखसत किया जिस तूफ़ान को यह वादा लेकर..
कि दस्तक न देना कभी
मेरा किवाड़ है कमज़ोर कुण्डी भी है टूटी
बहुत बिखरे पढ़े है लम्हे मेरे कमरे में
अरसा लगेगा अलमारियों में समेटके रखने में इन्हें

आज सन्नाटा है शब्दो का
कलम पर भी जैसे ज़ंग सा लगा है
ख्यालों की तबीयत तरन्नुम की नहीं है
बस खामोशियों से पन्ना भरा हुआ है

आज फिर उसी तूफ़ान की चाह हूँ रखता
उन्ही लम्हो से बातें करने को हूँ तरसता।
ऐ बिछड़े सैलाब फिर रुखसार हो
मैंने अपनी किताब का दरवाज़ा है खोला

Transformed

A little drop, then a stream of droplets…

A little smile and then a laugh

A cocoon and then hundreds of colourful wings

Rainbows around me – splashing unexpectedly.

While I grope giving up hope

That single spark of faraway star

Gives the light to carry on finding

what I have been wishing so far

Happiness transformed…from a sprinkle to a deluge

I look for and sometimes find many…

reasons to experience another sun shine

Every day when the night onsets

Darkness not bothering me