Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
o’er hills and vales,distances,yonder
When two hearts beat as one tonight,
I see Cupid, laughing in delight…

For love doth conquer trivial things
Like distance, ’tis but a number
And cupid with his lovely wings,
Smiles as he wishes you a fitful slumber…

And tonight as we gaze at that star,
Together,unknown, a yearning sigh,
And wish for love, love, not war
Unbeknownst to us,the hour draws nigh…

When wishes and prayers, and a little hope
Will come true, in but a little while,
For I can see, with my mind’s telescope,
Cupid, Smiling that happy smile…

A sunset

I watch a sunset, its shades a hundred,
In various hues, orange and red,
A tangerine glow, a metallic gold
Vermilion some days, a crimson bold…

A carmine red, some days it does feel,
A satin peach, on the horizon there
A blazing scarlet, or an orange peel
Sometimes it turns amber,as i stare..

When clouds cover it, in purple haze,
When i just can’t see it on rainy days
It burns in an arid desert blaze
It burns and burns, in so many ways…

As the city basks, happily, in the afterglow
Of a glorious sunset, this i know
The wonders of a sunrise await me now,
Before His majestic landscapes i bow…

We all cry, a little, a little each day
For something, we wish we could have really had
And we all wish,don't we, that we could have today
Been better,been happier, instead of being sad

We all rue in vain, at the speed of time
And as it slips away, we hear that tinny chime
sometimes, too fast, sometimes not enough
sometimes its just right, and yet it seems tough

To not regret,to not feel sad, but why indeed ?
My friend what really matters is that in the end,
Kept there for you, is just round the bend
Yet another day, to live, to succeed...

And spend such sweet spring's days
Smiling, in a blooming flower's path
Instead of in morosity, stuck in a maze
And count our little blessings, and forget our wrath...

shehar ki sadkein...

Aaj in sadko pe, maine kuch dekha hai
kuch aansu, kuch sapne, kuch hasi, kuch gham
Aur kahi kahi par ek lakshman rekha hai...

Woh lambi kataarein, woh gaadiya, woh imaaratein
Woh boodhe, woh bacche,
Aasra chahte hai, kuch pal ke liye,
Kuch pal ke liye tumhaara saath chahte hai,
Wohi pe dikhti hai inki sharaaratein...

Koi kahi se maare,paan ki pichkaari,
kabhi peeche pade koi bebas bhikari
In chhipe nazaaron ko har koi dekhta hai,
Aur har koi,har roz, ise apne dil se nikaal fekta hai...

Samay kat jaata hai mera,mann karta hai inhe dekhta hi jaau
Par kya kare kambakht, shayad apni manzil na pahunch pau
Khair, koi baat nahi,main fir kal savere nikloonga,
Shehar ki in sadko se kal fir kuch seekh loonga...

Forgotten Friendships

A poem on forgotten friendships for my friends ,whom I could never forget

What friends are we, you and I?
When all we have left to say
To each other, is nothing new,why?
Why do I sense all this today?

Time has driven a wedge,
Between friends, so large, today
That once where we didnt need any words,
Today, none suffice, and we look away

How did that friend's heart know,for sure
When the other heart did beat in love...
When once a sly smile, was all the needed cure,
For every ailment of the heart,but now...

Things do change, and people too,
Discover new ways, to make friends, new
Yet those golden days long gone,
They keep on festering, like a thorn...

Ye Raat...

Ye raat, abhi bahut kuch kehti hai,
main samajh nahi paa raha bas, yehi adchan hai...
Iski kuch paheliya suljhane mein mast hokar
Maine dekha, isme khudko, ye darpan hai

Aur kya dekha maine, ye mann bhi
mera, in taaron ki tarah, timtimata hai...
Na jaane ye kitni door hai, phir bhi
kitni roshni hai, kya muskurata hai...

Faila aasman mein kaala andhera. Par fir bhi
Ujala hai, ik chaand se, aadha hi sahi
Ye iccha hai, drid nischay hai, aur maine bhi
Pehchaana khoob ise, mann ke andhero mein kahi

Woh door kahi ek lakeer se kheecha hai,
Upar waale ne, waha se din nikalta hai
Ab hoga woh din ka ujala, bas kuch pal aur
Mujhe haske ye raat bhi bitani hai...

A Good Night Lullaby...

May the sweetest dreams come on your way,
May you have a great tomorrow, like you did today..
May you sleep fitfully,happy,with a smile,
And let your mind and body rest,tonight, awhile...

For tomorrow, is another day, hours to go
Who knows about tomorrow, what is there to know?
For today, we did good, we did God proud,
For today, we were happy, I say this out loud

For happiness, is nothing but your dreams coming true,
For joy is being happy, doing what you do,
So dream, my dear, dream, in vivid colors bright,
And sleep, my dear, sleep, as I wish you a good night...