akshaya shah

Even as things go downhill
And life becomes hell
Hope floats
Even as the world deserts you
...

Enough -
Slogging through life
At every step
Falling, pulling
...

What do I want
When the day ends in a whisper-
What do I seek when the world goes silent?
They say I am crazy -
...

I've lost the love of my life.
There was One that I knew,
The One that made me live-
I had One who made me real,
...

Can I love, and yet not do?
The mind and heart clash for supremacy...
In the battleground that is me
My life, the ultimate prize
...

I found you when there was no one
And you stayed with me all along
I let you down to join the party
And you never stopped my song
...

Ever so near and yet so far,
The struggle for a journey-
No promises, no returns
Nearing the end, it's all the same
...

एक आवाज़ सुनाई पड़ी है आज कानों में
कुछ नयी, कुछ पुरानी सी
अजनबी मगर पहचानी सी
कुछ बेचैन सा याद दिलाया है उसने
...

वक़्त की दहलीज़ पे जाने कितने ख़्वाब टूट गए
हर साया अपना बन कर आया हर साये के हाथ छूट गए

कुछ लम्हों की कुछ सदियों की इंतज़ार में ही तो गुज़री ज़िन्दगी है
...

कुछ ख़ुद से कुछ वक़्त से ज़िन्दगी की हार जो समझे कोई

हर तरफ़ लगी इस आग में ठंडी पड़ी रूह जो समझे कोई
...

Even as the world passes by
It seems to stop still
As I wander nowhere
Finding nothing
...

Lying by the fireside,
Stretched about
Like logs on wet ground,
Still -
...