I hold my silence, yet I dream

I hold my silence, yet I dream
Of truths that stir beneath the seam
Where quiet hearts in shadows gleam
And hope survives in softened theme

I walk through echoes left behind

Of fragile thoughts I never signed

Each heartbeat carries what I hide

A quiet storm I keep inside

The night leans close to hear my plea

In shadows deep, I set it free

A trembling hope, both fierce and frail

That rides the wind, yet dares not sail

Your memory burns without a flame

A whispered breath that calls my name

In every pause, in every sigh

You live in truths I still deny

What is this love I cannot speak?

So strong, yet leaves my spirit weak

It blooms in silence, fierce and bright

A secret star within my night

And if one day these walls should break

And all the buried words awake

You’ll find within this quiet seam

A soul that loved, and dared to dream

but for now, I hold my silence as I dream

Of hidden tides beneath the stream

Where unsaid words begin to rise

And truth still flickers in disguise

Aap So Gaye Honge

 Humko jaga ke raat, khwaab so Gaye honge

Dil me uthe sawaal, ki aap so Gaye honge 

Umr aur zindagi ki uljhano me doobe hue the hum

Fir jab dil ka kiya khayaal, aap so Gaye honge 

Kahne lage the log, ki hum Khaak ho Gaye

Sab kuch Gawaan ke apna, bas bebaak ho Gaye

Tumse milke jata dete hum, Hal-e-dil apna magar

Jis Waqt jaage dil ke jazbaat, aap so Gaye honge

Hum bhi salwaton se khel kar, yaadon me kho Gaye 

Takiye se baatein karte rahe, khwaabon me kho Gaye

Yaadon ki dastakein fir, tanhaaiyan le ayi 

Aur kiya halaat ne sawaal, aap so Gaye honge

Kai baar kahani humne ye, vishwas se kahi 

Guzarti hongi kisiki raatein inhi halaat se kahin

Dil me yakin ye rakh ke jab dilko tha Sambhala 

Chahat Jagi rahi wo raat, ki jab aap so Gaye honge

Dhoondh Rahe Hai

 Lakiron pe apne hathon ki, 

saza dhoondh rahe hai

Kuch Teri bhi aur kuch apni hi

 khata dhoondh rahe hai 

Khamosh ho gaya hai mere andar jo kabhi tha 

Hum zarre zarre me har, apna khuda dhondh rahe hai 

Dekhte hai nazron me ab koi sawaal nahi hai 

Halaat kuch ajeeb hai, ki be-haal nahi hai 

Ab ruswaiyan bhi hum se roothi hui hai 

Ki chiraagon ke tale tofaan ki raza dhoondh rahe hai

Kehne ko sare bazaar ab kuch bhi nahi hai

Yaadein nahi na yaar, ab kuch bhi nahi hai 

Baatein karin thi shaam kahin khud se baith kar

Kho aaye the dil jo jahan, wahan dhoondh rahe hai

HOPE TO SEE THE SUN ONCE MORE

At the end of day, I sat myself down
on a low lying couch to think of the day
thoughts bolting through my head,
feet running all the way

progress on the papers and
the signatures making it complete,
sitting on the same place as before and back the same way, again on my feet

joy in the feedbacks
and achivements on the graphs
same woks to admire, same
flimsy mistakes and monlogous laughs

where has time led me to ?
I hear the whispers of the past
'I too will fly some day',
says the kid running with a cart

This day I lay my dreams, lay them to rest
mind telling the heart, 'its all for the best'
Gray streaks in the mirror, telling the eyes,
you too have grown old, you too have lost the sight

may be tomorrow, I'll feel young enough
to follow the shooting stars
or just lie back tired again
dreaming at the same hour

hope I have the gutts again
to take a leap or just sail off the shore,
hope to wake up to make it true tomorrow
hope I have a tomorrow, i want to see the sun once more

               PRAYERS ON THE TREE

When the dawn comes and sets the life free
hope wakes the sky and there is chirping on the tree
When the shades of sorrow let go of your eyes
Tell them of this story and tell them of me

There will be a tomorrow, yes there will be
With a story in the hearts, of today that we flee
Time stands a witness, as we live and die
there'll be a whisper of the past,  just let it be

Who can hold the winds and all the hear and say
Mine be  the sins. Saints of the world, let them pray
There won't be a forever for anyone to defend
Let God be the judge, of every needle in the hay

U just remember my words, for comfort when u cry
The only proof of having lived, is being missed when u die
My love and my heart has always been thine
and will always be with thee,
Come spring, can see me on the leaves,

 autumn in the prayers on the tree