Preserved Forever .

There's a corner of my mind you own
and I don't want it back
but will always be aware
of where it's gone,
who holds the mortgage

If it were land,
only wilderness would do
Untouched,
untrod places in my mind
Where there's a house,
a fireplace, reflecting warmth
Soft wines and conversation,
over candlelight

Your ownership treads lightly on my land
A moccasined foot that leaves no trail
letting me look back upon myself
to wonder..
if you were really there at all ?

Shola tha..
jal bujha hoon..
Hawaayein mujhe na do..
main kab ka ja chuka hoon
Sadaayein mujhe na do

Jo zahar pi chuka hoonn
tumhein ne mujhe diya
Ab tum to zindagi ki duaayein
mujhe na do

Aisa kabhi na ho ke ..
palat kar na aa sakoun
Baar dur ja ke
sadaayein mujhe na do..

kab mujhe ko Aitaraaf-e-Muhabbat na tha ..' faraaz'
kab mai ne ye kaha tha
Ke sazaayein mujhe na do...


... Ahmed Faraz ~

Sanity Spent ..

A time when lights could not be shut off
even with their cords pulled from the wall
Harsh and bright and made of nameless stuff
The hidden facet of my every wish and fear
shining for friends and enemies alike to see

A time when every word spoken low and softly
rang amplified a thousand times and more
Shouted from rooftops and silent streets
My every thought a known thing, naked
No secret too submerged for common view

A time of weariness and wariness combined
Close to madness, yet not so well defined
Transparency of soul if soul I even have
Where's the madness to be seen through glass
A life better lived with uncurtained windows

Comfort to be had, a settlement of all disputes
where those for and those against can come
to see well lit, amplified, diaphanous displays
of every treasured love and art I hold
No longer covered and withheld but spent.

Loneliness has friends ....

When focusing
on my inner haze..

Veiled in darkness they all stand,
Passions
wishes
thoughts
and meanings

'Meaningless'
I'm the plaground ..

Thoughts just play inside me
Just as kids play in a maze..