Shattered dreams

Rising from the dirt of abandonment like a Lotus in swamp,

I looked up to you like a Sunflower gazes at the Sun.

Gathering my broken pieces of a faintly beating heart,

I dared myself to love again.

Consumed by the flames of emotions,

The soul surrendered to your magnetism. 

Like a moth to a flame I flew too close to the Sun

Inevitability ensued promptly.

The warmth transformed to a searing heat.

Scorching me to the bones and scarring my consciousness.

The soul was burnt, the heart melted away to oblivion

Dreams shattered into a million pieces 

This time I won’t be invictus

This time I won’t get back up with my bloodied head and an aching heart

This time my eyes search for you 

While I lay defeated 

If  I walk the earth again,

There will be no light in my soul,

No spark in my eye 

No smile on my lips

You’ve taken them all with you.

May you shine in all your glory, eternal sunshine 

While I bite the dust! 

Fated Love

I had loved many a loves,  Not knowing love will be lost.
The betrayals and heartaches abound, I nurtured my weeping heart.
Disillusioned and yet hoping for a miracle, I plastered a happy mask on my forlorn face.
Then you came along...Like a dazzling ray of the Sun, 
Tearing my darkness apart.
But this time I knew I’ve lost, the moment I loved you.
No surprises in store, the heart revels in your love,
Yet weeps for the inevitability of losing you forever, 
So I clamour for more time, wishing I could freeze time. 
Never have I loved so fervently, neither cared so deeply.
Words seem to fail me in my quest to confess my true feelings.
I’ll lose you for sure, for it is destiny.
But I’ll love you forevermore, because  I’ve never known true love till I met you.
Fated love, yes this is.
But to love you and be loved by you...
I look at you, my own personal Sun and smile...
Nothing can describe this feeling, 
Fated love! But one that defines me! 

My patch of sunshine...

Thunder, lightening and the dark skies,

Drenching me in drops of sorrow.

Soaked to the skin and bones,

I bowed down to fate.

When a sliver of the sun cut through the black haze.

Lighting up my soul.

I know it’s short-lived.

So I try to soak in the warmth.

Stealing precious moments, 

Imbibing my soul with the light exuding from you. 

My little patch of sunshine.

Unreal, enigmatic and a mirage,

I defy all odds and say “So what!”

A drop of the sun’s rays is all I need.

To warm my shattered heart and recharge my weary soul.

When the light leaves me for good,

The memories will persist,

And along with it, so will I.

Daring the darkness to engulf me again,

Knowing the remnants of the sunshine in me

Will shine through

Making me Invictus yet again! 

Zarranawazi...

“Bekhauff huye hain Ishq mein,

Woh jo kabhi sahme huye se rehte thein ...

Meikhane ki justjoo kaafir kiya karte hain.

Ishq ki ibaadat Karne wale...

Woh toh mehboob ke aankhon se jaam piya karte hain!”

Deewangi...

RiShton ke Zanzeer baandhte hain jism ko,

Rooh kisi ki jaagir nahin.

Jab dil naache ishq ke Nashe mein, 

Toh ishq ki showhar, ishq ki Khuda,

Ishq hi Ibaadat hota hai. 

Pyaar mein pathhar khana Asaan nahin.

Yeh toh sirf faqiron ki Aadat hain;

Duniya kya jaane deewangi,

Seeta toh Sab ban sakte hain. 

Radha ya Meera ban ke toh koi dikhaye!