A New Lease

 

When I thought 

it was all over

It started

all over again.

I thought

you were going to leave me.

But you clung to me 

more passionately

more forcefully.

I had already started 

to shake you off.

But you came back,

giving me a new perception

of yourself and mine too.

With a brush with death,

Life- you have become

more meaningful,

more precious,

more giving.

And I take it all

with Gratitude 

to have been sanctioned

a new lease of life.

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When Did I Say?

 

When did I say

My love for you is dead

It's just another bad day

Clouds are not pouring

They are still grey

Air humid, roads crowded.

When did I say

I won't come back

Who else is there for me

Where can I stray

I am so-

So in love with you

May we always be together

That's what I pray.

When did I say

I 'd never fight with you again

Loving or hurting

we are to share the pain

Sometimes it comes

as pangs of physical separation

Sometimes as

a difference of opinion

Or sometimes 

it's just a spat -

short span of 

shouting and crying

But tell my love

When did I say

My love for you is dead

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किचन और कविता

आन्धियों सी उड़ती 

बंद बरनियों में,

चेहरा देखकर

चमकती कड़छियों में,

बिंदी को बना कर

चकले - सी गोल या 

कार के पहियों- सी,

गुन्धे आटे के रंग से सजकर,

तवे- सा काला टीका लगा कर,

लाल-मिर्च के रंग सा -

सिंदूर लगाती हूँ। 

अलग अलग डिब्बों में

जिंदगी को जीकर,

काँच के गिलास-सा 

मान उठाती हूँ।

कढ़ाइयों से सीख लेती हूँ

आग में तप कर  भी न जलना।

गुस्सा जब तेल सा खौले,

अपना ही अभिमान  तल लेना।

फिर मुस्कान सजा कर

नए बर्तनों-सी खुद पर,

चल पड़ती हूँ-

बिंदी-सा गोल स्टियरिंग घुमाकर।

इंजन आवाज़ करता है

मन के झंजावात-सी ,

जैसे दाल  में छौंक लगा हो।

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