Dhalti hui shaam ke aasman mein
jab sunehre sindoor se rangti hai
ye aasman,

Chidiyo ke ghar wapasi ke
khoobsurat uss khushi mein,
unnke pankho ko sawaarti
hawaaon mein, tum yaad aate ho.


Tum yaad aate ho har wo waqt, jab
kisi roz inn hothon ka pehla
sparsh, chai ki tapti hui pehle
pyaale se ho.

Tum yaad aate ho, har wo pal, jab
khidki se bahar jhaankte hi, pal ko
guzarte dekha ho.

Tumhari yaad hai jese koi fakir ka
intezaar, Tumhari yaad hai jese
kisi shayara ka kaagzi pyaar,

Suno...?
Kya mere massthal ke ho tum kahaar?

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Woh ek hi gali me jaane kyu
har bar pohoch jate the,

Na jante the waha kisiko, bas
bin bulaye mehman ban jaya
karte the

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26th August, 2019
The stars aligned perfectly, hugging my cold, lost self with a blanket permanently (or as I thought it to be). Days went by like a flowing stream, unknown realisation blowing like the wind....I was loved. For the first time, I felt love. And I cannot explain how much I mean this word here, just as always and forever.

Every path we walked hand in hand, every sunset we watched being in each other's arms and every smoke our lips cried, I remember that I felt love.
How much I kept her safe, how much I could feel her depth and how much she meant to me, she was love to me. She will always be.
For the day she left and since the day she left, I could never convince myself that she's ever gone. She is right there...in her small room lit up with her smile, by the sidewalk amidst the foot-crushed pink lip-stained cigarettes, the metro station where I still find her amongst the crowd, and my blue kurti that she loved on me which still smells like her. I loved her.

I still find you in everyone I meet, I still hope to be happy once again, love myself as you told me to...

And I loved her. Loved her.
I love you. I will always do.

Love,
Fiancé

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Na thehro yahaan aur,
Ye manzil tumhari nahi.
Ha... thi yeh, ek waqt par
Ab tum, tum nahi.

Kabhi yaad aye
Kabhi aankh bhar aye
Zarur dastaq dena mujhe,
Kabhi khauf sataye
Ya beeti lamhein bulaye
Tasveero mein mujhse milke
Do baatein kar lena yunhi.

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Theher jaane ko kehte the usko,
Na wo thehra, na wo pal.

Waqt ki wo khamosh aahatein
Guzarti gayi, aur thehr gaye hum.

Bas, wahi... ussi guzarti waqt me,
Theher gaye hum

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A camera is the grim reaper
of the deceased memories

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Thehr jao zara,
Tumko aankhein
bhar kar dekh loon
Kya pata kab mil jaao
Inn hawaaon mein,
Kya pata kab beh jaao
Mere aasuon mein

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December is like
the ink to my pen
that has remained empty
for the rest of the year.

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No blanket can warm
the body when it's hit
by the cold of solitude.

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Kitni nadaan thi mai,
Sochne lagi thi ki ye waqt
Thehra hua hai...
Waqt k nadi me behte lehron
K sath ek anjaane safar ki or
ja rhi thi mai...
Thehraav ka intezaar...
Bas, thehraav ka intezaar...

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