Banbogi

I love early morning Kissing my cheeks softly From the lap of slumber Raising me carefully Caressing me and humming lores (Like my mother does) Inviting me to some sort of victory I love evenings The time earth welcomed me When sun greets the moon And day tries to flee Telling me that another day has gone (Sleep dearest) And may there be dreams for thee

जब सब छूट रहा हो तो किस डोर को बांधू किससे बांधू जब स्व टूट रहा हो तो  किसमें बाँटू कितना बाँटू जब भाग्य ही रूठ रहा हो तो किसे मनाऊं किसकी मानू जब समय लूट रहा हो तो अपना हिस्सा  कैसे छाँटू                       - प्रावी

मैं आज के काम कल पर टाल कर कल के मलाल लिए बैठती हूं फिर उसमें कल की चिंताओं को मिला कर ख़ुद पर सवाल लिए बैठती हूं पलकों तले ना जाने कितने अश्क दबाएं बैठती हूं फ़र्क नहीं पड़ता कहकर डायरी के पन्नों में  हिसाब लिए बैठती हूं अंदर सैलाब दबाकर समंदर सी हलचल लिए बैठती हूं मैं हमेशा चेहरे पर एक मीठी-सी मुस्कान लिए बैठती हूं                                                                                                                 - प्रावी

We are both alike You and I I've always wondered  Why ? But never found the reason Until that day You came with a smile Hiding dismay How did we learn it So much deceit Suppressing every emotion Never accepting defeat But one glance was enough For me to surmise The graveyard under your eyes was obvious Indicating that emotional demise Why are we so desperate to help Always going out of our way Putting so much effort to understand Everything that looks gray They say a woman's heart is  a deep ocean of secrets I say a man's is a Pandora's box We have our own ways of protecting Keeping scandals under locks You kept mum for days And I wanted you to say So I opened all of my wounds again Just to make you stay I've learned that  One gets drunk on midnight And makes mistakes So it is better to be quiet But what's done is done The devil slipped from my grasp And opened the lock Before I could even gasp Soon we were engulfed in shock And suddenly you started talking Litt...