This free verse is my ode to my favorite ghazal, Aaj jaane kii zidd naa karo! It came through me while listening to it... Oh my life wouldn't have been the same without you!
An unsolvable jigsaw puzzle.
The last man standing in a queue.
A humble opinion unspoken.
A childhood's last remaining tricycle with a missing bell.
A crease on a shirt that never folds well.
A bell too high in a temple too far.
A glass of tea left behind to become cold.
A forgetful day; an unforgiving night.
An umbrella flown away on a stormy night.
That aluminum box full of daily collections
In the hands of that dance-bar girl
In the first local home.
The seventh wave that nobody notices.
Just like that blind flutist on Andheri station.
The last sigh after missing that train from
Pune to Visakhapatnam.
A respected and beloved guest in his own home.
A yearning to make love at least in her fantasy.
A muted dream paused on her lips.
A carelessfree eavesdropper
In her love story.
An unsolvable jigsaw puzzle.
The last man standing in a queue.
A humble opinion unspoken.
A childhood's last remaining tricycle with a missing bell.
A crease on a shirt that never folds well.
A bell too high in a temple too far.
A glass of tea left behind to become cold.
A forgetful day; an unforgiving night.
An umbrella flown away on a stormy night.
That aluminum box full of daily collections
In the hands of that dance-bar girl
In the first local home.
The seventh wave that nobody notices.
Just like that blind flutist on Andheri station.
The last sigh after missing that train from
Pune to Visakhapatnam.
A respected and beloved guest in his own home.
A yearning to make love at least in her fantasy.
A muted dream paused on her lips.
A care
In her love story.
6 comments:
You have such a literary bend in your writing. Keep it up Abhi and keep sharing these pearls.
Wow good one. I'm sure anyone reading this will pause for a while.
Thanks, Ipsi and Divya!
Beautiful!
Thanks, Anand!
A muted dream paused on her lips -- :))
A dreamy bubble, busted and re-weaved eternally!
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