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सच यही है की वो कभी नहीं लौटेगा, उसकी आवाज़ फिर कभी नहीं सुनाई देगी, उसका आगाज़ फिर कभी नहीं महसूस होगा. सच यही है की उसे अब कोई ज़रूरत नहीं मेरी, उसकी उंगलियों से मेरी उंगलियों की आदत छूट गयी है, उसके बदन से मेरी बाहों की राहत छूट गयी है. सच यही है की उसे मेरे होने ना होने में फ़र्क़ नहीं लगता, उसने मेरी खुश्बू को किसी और के एहसास से मिटा दिया, मेरी बची खुचि यादों को उसने पुराना किस्सा समझ भुला दिया. सच यही है की मुझसे उसने मोहब्बत ही ना की कभी, मेरी मोहब्बत सिर्फ़ एक तरफ़ा ही रही शायद, मेरे जाने के बाद मगर उसे एहसास यह हुआ शायद. सच यही है की वो कभी नहीं लौटेगा, उसकी आवाज़ फिर कभी ना सुनाई देगी, उसका आगाज़ फिर कभी ना महसूस होगा. Medhavi 04.11.14

You made me smile when I had become a complete alien to happiness. You made me believe that everything and anything that I wanted and desired was possible. You evenly distributed love to every single corner of my heart and made me realise that it was not the end, but a new beginning. Your way of loving was different, it was a little harsh and warmer at the same time. Your way of caring was different, it was annoying and  gentle at the same time. At times you hugged me, at times you just pushed me away, at times you kissed me, and at times you just changed your ways. It was hard to understand you at first but I tried my best but then decided to accept you as you are and left my doubts at rest. You just conveyed a possibility and I made it my destiny. You just asked me a favour and I made it my goal. It just came naturally. I never had to try to impress you, I couldn't even try. You just knew me so well, you just knew me so in-depth that my life became a song in which you were the...

It was a deep slumber and I didn't want to wake up. Reality peeped in through my eyelashes but I never cared. He was like the ocean and I was like a raindrop. He existed since forever and my identity seemed occasional. When we met, I just got immersed and lost into him, just like my elementary existence. He was always the mightier one and I was just there like another drop in the ocean. His smile was like waves that disturbed every molecule of my structure. His laughter was like lightening in the tides and his voice was like the slightest sound of the waves touching each other. Everything about him was perfect for me. Everything about him was just remarkably rare. His honesty was like salt in the ocean, his skin was like wet sand, his lips were like something I can't put into words. His entire existence was miraculous. I used to ask myself if he actually existed.. I also touched him at times with my fingers to assure. He was beautifully handcrafted by the alm...

It was present around me all the time in some or the other form, since I took my first breath. Neither love, nor affection could ever be that faithful and consistent as it was - Music ! The first letters I spoke were not spoken but sung by me as they were musical notes and the first sentence that I made was nothing with respect to my family or vocabulary but a song that was too popular then. I grew up listening and observing music through the era when music was expensive and a little out of reach especially for children. I remember I got my first cassette as my birthday gift from my brother when I was in class 6th and it was such a delightful moment. Collecting cassettes and recording songs from radio to blank cassettes was my favorite hobby. I had built up my own archive of music. Soon the DVD age followed by the personal computer hard drives, pen drives and eventually external hard drives which made music such a mobile entity. At present its as easy as giving something to ...

I waited for the day When you'd miss me too When you'll smile back The way you did before... I waited for the day When you'll call me with the intention To be for a little longer with me And be the way you were fond of me... I waited for the day When you give me that time Which was just mine and nobody else's When you gave me those rights Which were just mine and nobody else's... I waited for the day I can come to your room Without knocking the door And telling 'its me' The way I just came in I never had to ask before... I waited for the day You break the silence That built up between us Like a fleeting sheet... I waited for the day You clear the menace Of thoughts that bothered me And maybe a little you too... I waited for the day When you'll ask me again For a cup of tea at midnight When we'll just not talk But enjoy the beautiful silence... I waited for a thousand minutes I waited for a hundred ho...

शमा पिघल रही थी, रैना ढल रही थी, कोहरा बढ़ रहा था, किस्सा पलट रहा था, तुम आगे बढ़ रहे थे, मैं पीछे हट रही थी, मोहब्बत प्यासी हो रही थी, दस्तकें अनदेखी हो रही थी. खिड़की पर तुम्हारी नज़र बुझ रही थी, नींदों में कहीं कोई ज़िंदगी उतार रही थी, गर्माहटें शमा की मुझमें अंधेरा कर रही थी, अतीत की आवाज़ें फिर से ज़हेन में गूँज रही थी. शमा पिघल रही थी, रैना ढल रही थी, कोहरा बढ़ रहा था, किस्सा पलट रहा था, तुम आगे बढ़ रहे थे, मैं पीछे हट रही थी. तुम होश में तहे शायद, मैं तुम में गुमशुदा थी, तुम मुझमें समा रहे थे, पर मैं तुमसे बहुत जुड़ा थी, रंग मोहब्बत ए वफ़ा का रूमा था, और हर इरादा बदगुमा था, हदें आगे बढ़ रही थी, किस्सा और हसीन हो रहा था.

सिमट के रह जाता वो लम्हा ए उलफत, जो तेरी बाहों में बिखर कर भी महफूज़ था, मेरी मात पर बरस पड़ा वो बादल भी, जो ना जाने कितने अर्सों से सेहरा में मसरूफ़ था. करना चाहा हासिल जिस तक़दीर को, उसमें तेरे नाम का ज़ररा नामुमकिन था, मैने सजदे में तेरे सर झुकाया था, फिर भी तेरे यकीन को मेरा यकीन नहीं था. मेधावी 27.10.14