Waters that carry faith

The waters that carry faith...
The hues they drown
Reflections emerging the same
In dull blues, greys and brown
Auburn sometimes for there are....
Fires in the heart
And on the wood piles
Along the waters that carry faith
On its surface and deep down

Winds bellowing with human forms..
Taking some of them away
Freed souls...Sacred destination
To a higher unknown
For some the start for some the end..
Bowed heads with conflicted mind
In front of the waters that carry faith
Flowing religiously night and day

Descending down the steps
Some easy some steep...
Slowing down panting
As hesitations run deep
A plunge or a cringe
Petals floating but there's more beneath
Layers hidden no purpose revealed
Of the waters that not just carry faith
But sprinkling the seeds of belief

Friends.....

A distant thought sometimes,
Knocking hesitantly...
As I slip into the infinity
An every day routine

Mundane runs
Me - a machine needing that mending
A fresh memory with my cup of tea
Readying me to sprint
Even in late evening...

I sit by the window...
A distant laughter, a twinkle
Clouding my vision
Just a few messages away
Or a call which could be on its way
Toying with the idea
Yet again getting sucked
Into the daily maze

Days crawl by
But time's flying
As the needles in my clock rush
My hours are mindless
Just days minutes seconds
Nothing to relish as such

So I drop everything
Anything that comes my way
Distant thoughts laughters twinkles
Louder now..
No longer far away
As I hold your hand my friend
Just a few slow steps together
Knitting those mindless moments
Just a few sparkles of the long day
Unbridled happiness that instant..
Joys that knock my memories
Even when we are far far away...

डरता नहीं मैं यादों से तेरी,
मेरी आँखों के सजदे एक दो घड़ी की नमी

ज़ेहन का हिस्सा रहे तू, तो मुँह फेर भी लूँ कभी
रोज़मर्रा की तेरी आदत को जुदा करना....
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