tere jaane k baad

jo nazariya tha jindagi jeene ka

ab badal chuka hai tere jaane k baad

jo khushi ek pal puri lagti thi

ab chin chuki hai tere jaane k baad

ek muskurahat jo din sawar deti thi

ab chodh chuki hai tere jaane k baad

mohabbat-e-mukaddar ka sahara ek roz tha

ab tut chuka hai tere jaane k baad

ek aashiyana banane chale the tere saath

ab ghum chuka hai tere jaane k baad

ek dil ka janaza jo aage nikalna tha

ab marr chuka hai tere jaane k baad

- ashay (6th sept 2022, 0034)

Death

A prince or a pauper, a god or a man
Born! Every moment running to the end
No respite, no break, no pauses for breath
Come what may, its final bed is death.

  - ashay (29th may 2019, 0028 hours)

Stigma

There was once a homely house
Adorned with gold and gay
Whose luscious greens would always rouse
All minds on it that lay

A shadow has been lurking and
Awaiting for its prey
Smile and sleep has turned to sand
Slipping through their grasp away

It's all blues and grays since days
Since all the green went dry
When stigma won, in parting ways,
And the light had said goodbye!

- ashay(9th April 2019 0040 hours)

Lafzon se wakif zarur hai
Bas inhe tarashne ki der hai

Gham-e-alfaaz zarur hai
Bas zuban pe laane ki der hai

Dil me ashk zarur hai
Bas aankhon pe aane ki der hai

Shiddat-e-ishq zarur hai
Bas nafrat mitane ki der hai

Mann me aag zarur hai
Bas isse bujhane ki der hai

Dil-e-naadaan zarur hai
Bas isse sawarne ki der hai

Zehen me shaitaan zarur hai
Bas pyar karne ki der hai

Shaitaan-e-guroor zarur hai
Bas insaan banne ki der hai

Ye rah bahrupi zarur hai
Bas ispe chalne ki der hai

Maut-e-muqaddar zarur hai
Bas aaj jeene ki der hai

- ashay (0300 hours, 9th Aug 2k15)

Late night musings

good night: because when the dark falls and even your shadow leaves you, my wishes will still be by your side.

unconditional love: when you know you will always be the first to say it but regardless you keep saying it.

compassion: you are famished yet you share your food with a stranger.

motivation: a heart drunk on inspiration.

happiness: a forced effort turned habit.

mass writing spree: a heart vomiting.

writer's block: the aftermath called hangover.

emptiness: because I am not shallow.

silence: the longest moment.

60% lust, 60% love: The sole person dominating your thoughts after waking up, before falling asleep and in between.

dreamless nights: because my dream has come true.

dreams: a magical place that gets more realistic with age.

mother: who else loved you even before you were born?

childhood friends: ego meets its nemesis.

philosophy: gossiping for the 2%.

home: shelter with a heart.

words: telepathy.

thoughts: godlike.

irony: when god sneezes and whispers 'bless myself!'

mind: tamed, nirvana; untamed, a beautiful tragedy.

tragedy: living death.

common sense: what?

sense of humor: something you are told to have when you get offended by someone's idea of joke.

social network: less social, the more the network.

temptation: a steeper gradient.

opinion: one too many.

fact: a proven opinion.

truth: an omnipresent fact.

God: 1 ÷ 0 * truth.

Satan: because every yin has a yang.

nature: law.

punishment: going against nature.

miracle: existence.

magic: miracle.

poet: a scarred human.

poem: a permanent scar.

writer: Experience. Persistence. Imagination. Curiosity. EPIC.

sleep: a temporary solace.

death: an unknown constant.

life: an unknown variable.

organized religion: manmade opiate.

faith: crutch.

blind faith: blind seeing dog guiding a blind human on crutch.

trust: a hint of doubt.

anger: quick sand.

depression: there is always a reason.

schizophrenic: never alone.

suicide: too eager to meet the maker.

ego: a self-hosted no-holds-barred contest.

zenith: where humans aspire to reach.

nadir: where the living dead survive.

name: a convenience for others.

I: a transition.