कुछ दायरेकुछ रस्मों रिवाजमेरी हदें तय किया करती हैं मेरा वजूदमेरा मज़हबमेरी पहचान बताया करती हैं मुझे कहाँ जाना हैमुझे क्या करना हैअक्सर ये बयान करती हैं किनारों में रहकर महफ़ूज़ रहा हूँमुक़र्रर मंज़िल की तरफ़ लाचार बहता रहा हूँअपनी पहचान भूल, खारा हो गया हूँ समंदर मेरी मंज़िल नहींमैं कोई दरिया भी नहींमैं तोContinue reading “Melting Boundaries (Pighalte Dayre)”
Tag Archives: Poem
Why? (Elfchen)
Why existential question Seeking the root Finding the real reason Essence #elfchen
Mountain (Elfchen)
Mountain Mighty- Serene Head held high Wearing the white clouds Regal #elfchen
Let’s paint the fence
Fence separatesthe insideFrom what liesOn the outside What stays within it’s boundOr What lies outsideIt’s not for the fenceto judge or decide It stays on the fringeIn touch with either sideNot the one to connectOnly built to divide It’s one fenceWith two sidesOne is with the insideOne faces the outside One side restrictsThe other sideContinue reading “Let’s paint the fence”
Two stranger eyes
Two eyes meetStrangers are they bothThe gaze stay a bit longerEach mind sees and knows Each eye mirroringthe person insideBoth sad and forlorn withinWhat the cloths failed to hide No recognitionNone of the worldly relationsThe fleeting moments,Were their only connections In the intersecting momentsTwo lives convergedtwo forlorn eyes connectedNo rich no poor The moments passedTwoContinue reading “Two stranger eyes”
Closer to Core
Spinning like a topConstantly in motionedges moving fasterSlowly moves the core If I would stopI would fallFearful of not spinningAfraid, of being ‘me’ no more On pointed endI hang in balanceForever in pursuitdrilling through the floor Force of the chordwould eventually expireinevitable would happenSpinning top would spin no more With the last wobbleThe top fallsItContinue reading “Closer to Core”
Jungle is One
Road splits the jungle in two equal halves, but the jungle is one #americansentence
Trespassers will be prosecuted
The roads slashesthe jungle half,creating two sidesof one whole massdozers scrape brutallyTonsuring the soil Divide was clean and brutalmolten tar scorched the earththe sign postproclaims in triumphconquest of the civilisedover the wild Speeding iron beasts honkStriking fear in humble wild heartsUnseen crawlers are crushedspinning rubber show no remorseThe grazer were confinedSplit on either side theContinue reading “Trespassers will be prosecuted”
Forest lives, grass dies
How real is the world How real is the dream Is it the one I heard Or is it the one I have seen Which one do I believe, What I see or what is shown? In my mind the forest grows New seeds each day is sown The weeds are as much the forestContinue reading “Forest lives, grass dies”
Flights
Flights Flying people Long and tiring Stuck in my seat Pain Elfchen is wonderful medium of expression. Thanks to David for introducing. I am enjoying this medium. Please do comment what you think. What do this piece of elfchen mean to you?