I Wish I Could Kill You

When the madness of your love

Corrupts my heart

And takes over all my senses

I find myself

In the middle of the sleepless night

Shouting

“I wish I could kill you!

I wish…”

Hope, Incorrigible Hope

When I saw

My sliver-lined

Hard-bound copy of Quran

And paperback edition of Arabian Nights

Floating in muddy flood waters

Side by side

In the inundated lawn of my house

I realized

Nature doesn't attach importance to things

Or to a specific person

Nature responds to commune

Its Holy Scripture is the way of life

Of people living together

In love

In hatred

In truthfulness

Or in dishonesty

But all in good faith

When nature speaks

In anger or in love

We all have to answer

Either with hope or hopelessness

From the land of saints

Our answer will always be

Hope, incorrigible hope

Deluge

There is flood in my eyes

All the dams of my heart are destroyed

Send me some relief

My dear:

The blanket of your warm hugs

The water of your kind words

The food of your sweet kisses

And your tenacious hands

That never let me go...

#kashmirfloods

Koi pee na le sailaab ka paani
Tumhare zeher bhare khat ismai beh gaye hain...

#kashmirfloods

When homes are flooded
Words can't be dry

Water never recedes from memories..

#kashmirfloods

Now all the legends and myths of Kashyap Reshi or of Kashaf & Mir can be put to rest... 

The Valley of Kashmir came into existence because of people of Kashmir.

#kashmirfloods

When tears mimic floods and won't recede...

God help us all...

Happy Teacher's Day (To Abuji & Mamma)

He taught me

How to be at peace with failure!

She taught me
How to be dissatisfied with success!

Today
Wisdom guides me
Simply
To be peacefully dissatisfied with life
And never stop...

Trust

She knew
He was lying
She also knew
She was lying too
To herself

It's easy to trust
When you know

Highest Art of Seduction

She left me
Alone
With her thoughts

Arresting Pain

I wish

I could take pain into custody
Interrogate it
Cross-examine it
Torture it
With your stories
Of strength
Of endurance
Of patience
And undying sense of humour
Till it gives up and agrees
To forget your name - forever

To be or not to be

At last
Love is left with
Only two choices
To be with you
Or not to be with you

One dangerously intimate
Other dangerously apart

Historicity of Our Love

She hides me
Like a sin
But preserves me
Like a mummy

The pyramid of our love
Is still lost
In the mist of history

Consummation

My poems can’t set things right

They can’t change your situation

Or make your problems disappear

As much as I want them to…

But I know

They cheer you up

When everything else fails

They bring smile to your face

Like nothing else

And twinkle hope back

Into your eyes

So let them do what they are meant to do

And let them do it forever