Not Many Moons Ago

I look upto the same sky
which kept watch over me
through the same clouds though
and not many moons ago.

a roof so near in my eyes
I could look to tint myself
In sharp or mellow glow
and not many moons ago.

that firmament is growing out
out of touch of my eager sights
which once dabbed my brow
and not many moons ago.

darkness rules those astral gaps
where rays played hide n seek
darkness was chained to bow
and not many moons ago.

Monotony

Fierce and ruthless in a fight,
unraveled cutlass of my thoughts,
chased down the slope of sight,
through fascination of my dreamy doubts.
Some thousand faces one would show,
Alas! In hide and seek of monotony.

dekhne ko jo sitare mile honge
tumse mil ke chamakte rahe honge
faqat is ke liye jo tumne kiya hoga
wo saare zardi mein ab lipat te honge

daaere mein phir jo hum aaye honge
lafz apne saare qadmon pe bichhaye honge
bulane ko humein jo tumne kiya hoga
wo saare zardi mein ab lipat te honge

iske waste jo lamhaat bitaaye honge
wasail mehdood wo saare jo lagaye honge
hai kaisa ye bharam tumne diya hoga
wo saare zardi mein ablipat te honge

wo neelam si aankhein wo saaya ghanera
aur uspe meri aashiquee ka dhundhla savera
kuchh hai maloom humein kuchh tumko khabar hai
in bigadti sanwarti tasveeron ka basera

kaise lapton ke sagar se jhoojhte honge
kaise jazbe hummein bante toot te honge
kaise in jazbon ko tumne jagaya hoga
wo saare zardi mein ab lipat te honge

qadam mere lakeeron se ghir rahe honge
daag saare jo meri tareeki ke diye honge
ubharne ko inko tumne hi kuchh kiya hoga
wo saare zardi mein ab lipat te honge

dekhne ko jo sitare mile honge
tumse milne ko taraste rahe honge
faqat is ke liye jo tumne kiya hoga
wo saare surkhee mein ab tapakte honge