...mil bhi jaate hain

Kabhi zameen aur aasmaan mil bhi jaate hain.
Sun ke kuch asaan nahi, magar is zindagi main.

Door tere hi chune hue saahil pe,
Jab faaslein himmat ke dil main tay kar le,

Payega wahin khud ko jahaan
tere mukkamil jahaan mil bhi jaate hain.

The land of "if"

Too far to touch, close enough to feel
Each in their own world, unreachable and unreal.
Prisoner of each other's thought
In a web of crossways, caught.
Aloof, and obscure, and difficult both
That overpowering trance of the other, they loathe.

"It's all too good to be true...”
"..Just a dream, sweetheart, no big issue"
"You are too unknown to be sure of yet"
"But if we don't try we might regret...”

Nevertheless, the story so goes,
As told by friends and foes,
That nothing ever happened,
What did was never to be mentioned.
Separate ways they were meant to go,
Found their loves, it is said so.

And deep down,
Somewhere deep deep down,
Do they wonder?
Will they ever concur -
That in their mind and matter,
Each still remains
A specter on an unconquered cliff,
in the uncompromising land of "If".

My Satan.

And then it occurred,
as the tubelight flickered,
In a moment of pseudo-madness,
I finally decided, I guess.

A thundering cloud perhaps,
did not like my stopgaps,
A feeling crept,
the decision was probably just windswept.

There's a war in my head,
Never ends. At work or in my bed.
Use it or soon I'll lose it,
The wit, lest again I flit.

If I run away,
The ruling still sways,
If I close the door,
the argument drags more.

There's a choice I need to make.
No one gets the sweepstakes.
One or two?
You or who??

Final roll call,
It's rise or fall.
I close my eyes,
and throw the dice.

No, wait.
I think I'll use it
The wit.
Promise I won't flit.

I know my choice.
I hear his voice.
Singing our song.
Boring, happy and long.

He is my Satan, like I am his.
The war ends - what a relief it is.
We take it all,
Together we rise or we fall.

This fleeting..

I looked everywhere, In and around
Did everything, nowhere to be found.
I ran after it, it ran away
Cried for it, every night and day.
I lost sleep over it, it did not relent.
The more I lamented, the farther it went.

Bruised in my element, faith fell apart,
Shallow in my head, a hole in my heart.
I gave up and I surrendered,
Did not find it, never will - I feared.
I let destiny hold my reluctant hand,
Doubts subsided, Now I understand.

Honest to myself, Honest to my thought,
My battle is mine alone to be fought
The path ahead left me lost and confused,
In love, I found my peace, my refuge.
A new chapter begins, as the old curtains close.
Today makes sense because its you I chose.

Sunshine made its way through the crack,
The sparkle in my eye is flashing back
Not sure yet if I found the fugitive,
No more chasing it, never was my captive
More I think about you, I care about it less,
Anyhow its such a fleeting thing, this happiness.