I

Written on the hauntingly difficult word 'I' for Mr. Kamal Bhatnagar sirji for Seven Poem Saturday.
This poem is the reason it became a seven poem month :D

Saturday-I:
I have been given a trick
to write about I
about how I see I
From my own eye

I said "aye!
That can't be hard..."

Saturday-II:
And...?


well...lets start

Saturday-III:

tripy toed wanderer
clumsy crass slanderer
a wide eyed joker kid
boggled in the world she skid
the mad mad world

punju assed fatty
like the sunday aallu patty
sly but never catty
pampered but not bratty
or so I've heard

Saturday-IV:
Scared of the dark
you'll see me walking in the park
with a song on my lips
and dirty nailed finger tips
the not so 'Dilli Walli'

I'm rude and I'm loud
and all of that is a shroud
to hide the buzzing crowd
that resides in my head
the baker and the bread

and this...this is not me
atleast not the one you see
the words unsaid, littered
inked on paper unfiltered
is me, thats how I choose to be

Kamm

written for Farhan Khan on Seven Poem Saturday-I

ye kamm bada hie hai vichitr
ye hota kabhi na kisi ka mitr
sab bhule baithe iss lafz ko aaj
hue jabse "aur zada" ke mohtaaj

par kamm...haan kamm chalo aaj iski baat karein
vo kamm kamm ke din phir yaad karein
jab zaada ka koi vaada na tha
jo tha vo kabhi aadha na tha

jab panch rupay mei khushiyan milti thi
aur muft ki baarish pe muskaan khilti thi
jab 'i' ka matlab ice cream hota tha
jab armaan bas armaan na bada na chota tha

ab jinke naam bade unke darshan kamm hote hain
aur jinki jeb choti unke darjan kamm hote hain
par ye bade naam vaale kuch zada hie rote hain
dekho choti jeb vaale kaise sukoon se sote hain

koi ek aam ki ek faank mei char dilon ka pyar hai paata
koi thaal bhari aur bade se ghar mei pura aam akele khata
ab aap bataein mai na bolun kya kamm hai aur kya hai zada
ye kamm zada ka maap tol meri weighing machine ko bhi na bhaata

...hum zara...motey haina...kya karein...

Shayad

Shayad...mera hissa kahin choot gaya hai vahin bannd kamre mei aadhi raushni mei
Shayad...mera kissa kahin chhoot gaya hai
Vahin bannd masjid ki aadhi kahi fariyaad mei

Tum sach mei mujhe dekha karte thhe harr subah?
Ya namaaz mei dua parast hue hathon mei dhoop nahi mera vehem thha

Shayad...chhal tha mann ka rooth gaya hai
Parde aur khidki ke beech fasi dhoop sa
Shayad...kal tha aaj hie toot gaya hai
Peeth peeche ki gai mehendi ki khaali koop sa

soch soch ke tumhe itna sach kar chuke hain
Ki ab sach nahi ho sach yakeen nahin aata
Noch noch khudko sakht kar chuke hain
Tere zikr se phir bhi hai rakht kahin aata

Shayad... tum hamesha se hie kitaabi thhe
Mangharant, mann behelaane vali kahaani se
Shayad... hum hamesha se hie kitaabi thhe
Churiyon, chai elaichi mei jeene vaale

Chalo aaj tumhe iss udhaar se faarig karte hain
Mere khwabon mei aane ke bhaar se faarig karte hain

Tum shaayad umeed mei toh thhe par naseeb mei nahi
Aaj lakeeron mei fasne ke jaal se faarig karte hain

Shor Hai

Ye jo kaano ke andar se sunaai padta hai
Shor hai
Ye jo raaton mei zehen se umadta hai
Shor hai
hukke ki bud bud,padosi ki gud gud
Shor hai
Galiyon se chhan ke khidkiyo mei aata
Shor hai
Bijli se tez pahiyon ki avaaz jo hai
Shor hai
Ye jo mehfilon ko javaan karta hai
Fakat shor hai
Pankhe ke pahiyo ki avaaz shor hai
Darvaaze ke bannd gale se nikalta
Shor hai
Aate aur jaate har kadam ki aahat shor hai
Meri kalaai pe takraati churiyaan
shor hai
Train ki tez tarraari shor hai
Logon ki baatein shor hai
Kambakhat raatein shor hai
Pachiyo ke pankh shor hain
Mandiron ke shankh shor hain
Azaan, namaaz ba khuda shor hai
Ye duniya ke dastur shor hai
Ye sajde befizul shor hai
Inn sab ke beech jo sannate si sunaai deti hai
Bas ek teri avaaz hai
Baaki sab... Sab shor hai

walk with me

"Its like we know another language" he thought...
"Its like we've built
a street between our hearts
and we sit on the footpaths
from moon to moon
and noon to noon
leaning,breathing,sighing,laughing
as the traffic passes by
disinterested, perfectly so"...
"stay" he said as she glanced at the time
"I will," she said "as long as you never promise...
to never let me go."