A heaven, here!

Separate from the one above,

A heaven on earth we need today,

You go there when you're born,

much before your deeds -good or bad,

and never know the evil's way.

Think for yourself

A friend in need

is a friend indeed,

but what when your need

is the cost of his own need?

Many a song sung,

many a poem penned

-how, in hardship, the friendship persists

alas, in songs 'n' poems, it only exists.

think for yourself -is the need of today,

deceive and trample, even if you may,

riding the right to wrong your friend,

for your need is the only need in the end!

Distance and You

Sometimes I am afraid
to come closer to you,
- only a step towards your heart
or a stampede of my emotions at large?

Sometimes I am afraid
to go farther from you,
- only a step away from your heart
or closing of doors that may never open again?

And sometimes I am afraid
to remain at the same distance from you
- only a growing urge to be closer to your heart,
or a loosening bond, that we may not even realize?

Photography by Pankaj Anand

zindagi hai pattey ki tarah

Trying my hand at hindi poetry for the first time.... :P

yeh zindagi hai pattey ki tarah,

hawa na ura le jaye, dekho zara

jis tehni pey hai leh raha rahi,

uska daaman na chhootey dekho zara.

thandi tez hawa chali lubhaney,

aur mohh mey patta bhi chatpatane laga,

rookhi sookhi tehni mey kya hai rakha,

socha nayi zindagi dekhu toh zara.

phir chorh diya jab us tehni ka aanchal,

aur tez hawa mey mast behney laga,

na koi bandish, na khushi ki seema,

na kisi ki chinta, na khayal zara.

phir tabhi hawa ka rukh badla,

aur diwaar se takra tab patta gira,

besahara, tarapta aakhir ye ehsaas kara,

kyu na rakha astitva ka mol zara

yeh zindagi hai pattey ki tarah,

hawa na ura le jaye, dekho zara,

jis tehni pey hai leh raha rahi,

uska daaman na chhootey dekho zara.

The Turmoil in the Sea

The sea sees it
again and yet again,
the turmoil that occurs
within and the pain.

The sea that rests
in a corner lonesome,
sometimes expresses,
with storms gruesome..

The storms will subside
again and yet again,
not the turmoil within
and neither the pain.