Tribute (to the one who knows its meant for) | Tum | 12th May '10

"Tum"

Tum jo baith kar shaant
aatur hoton ko sun
meri jeevan kavita saar
--- us se mujhe jeevandaan mila.

Tum aakhir ho kaun?
jeevan ka ek musaafir,
jo raste mein kahin milte hain -
apne un sambandhon se -
jinhen weh jaante he nahin;
par koshish karte hain:
ek seema lagaane ki,
ek naam dene ki...

aise tum ek pathik -
mujhe jo mil gaya -
aur meri kavita sun
--- mujhe alankrit kiya...

Reflection | On ISABS | 12th May '10

My journey - I never quite understood
My path that just came along
as i walked - pulled on by a
force unknown.

But I cry now - in joy or pain
I know not - for which
Now - when I get in touch
with the stops of a journey.

When a human heart
logical and on its quest of life
A life on mission and purpose
marching ahead to its own drum
deaf and mute - to the grass,
the lilies and the butterflies.

And then at some point
at some moment,
at some occasion,
when something happens
and there is a stillness, a silence:
of reflection, of realisation, of introspection.

It is for the joy of that moment, that silence
that I pursue the path...