And God for Everyone

Who would have thought that he would die.

He, who loved rajmah -chawal,The Robocop, Mr India and ...his dad.
Till he was floored by a fell disease. He went through all inefficient hospitals ,believing the fairness of the divine judiciary.....,and his dad, who said "this too shall pass"
It did'nt .
As he stood before the watchman of heaven ,he smiled.
St. Peter looked at him and said ,"see my lamb, I told you, always trust what papa says"
As the boy walked through the Pearly Gates, he turned and looked back.

St peter was in tears........

खुदा गवाह है :Over and Done With......

Grew older : in years. In soul.
Fell in love:surely it looked that way.
Diiscovered hypothesis :ugliness is never skin deep.
Watched loved ones leave:one by painful one.
Discovered self :woe betide!
Decluttered house , life ,heart.
Felt Need reduced to No Need.
Saw stupidity's resistance to be un-stupid.
Was accused, of skolership (sic )
Watched parents fading away: still watching.
And silent,say:
कई पा चुका हूँ में राहतें
अरमां भी कितने निकल चुके
ला फिर पढूं ज़रा गौर से
मुझ्र हसरतों की किताब दे ....
Ah! for a wish....!!

Lucky Lips.......!!

Ah ! would that she
in a moment's madness
move beyond the tangible,
hearken the unspoken ,
and,as a stranger ,
to words, to deeds,
to colours ,to rainbows,
dab the palette of life
with tender shades of silent love........
And then.....softly let
the brush of her heart
re-touch, and complete
the unfinished lines
of untraced lips ??

Born !Before 2ist of July

And then there was a knock.
On the door .On the heart .
With an effort of will he got up,
peeped out ......uncertain .
It was a shadow .....
and not a pale one,
not of a former self,
but, resplendent,
a streak from remembered rainbows.
Those smiling eyes,
that  quirk of an eyebrow,
a question in the way she stood.....
He stepped aside,
allowed her in .....silent..
An answer in his teardrop.....

Curtains........

Hiding;
hiding behind an arras,
a dissembling of faith,
I sensed them; those
daughters of flesh,
them bodies of love ....
Supine,stretched
on the rack of youth,
they,
cavorting, gifting
a life-time ,a fullness away.......
And ,manifest ,now,
I feel one shadow,
one panting heart
twice broken,shaft-pierced,
a cloven  mirror, reflecting ,
all at once,
a waning  moon,
a fading me ........