Our own history

I said yes

He said no

I said right

when he said wrong

the love and care 

had grown so old

when feelings remained anew

only age made us grow

When the sun rose high

I waited to see his bright smile

He waited for the moon to come out

so that he could sing me a lullaby

The love and care

had grown so old

fights became a reason

so that afterwards we had our hands to hold

To him all I wanted was warmth

For me, all he gave is cold

yet again I waited so long 

for him to come and walk along

the love and care

had grown so old

because life was on its own a mystery

until he came and we made our own history.

- Priya H. Rai

इश्क़ सा लगता है तू..

इश्क़ सा लगता है तू....

मासूमियत है लफ़्ज़ों  का तू 

जो शिद्दत से बयां हो जाते हैं 

ख़ुमार है उन शामों का तू 

जिस पर  कयी दास्ताँ बन जाते हैं 

सिमट के रहना आता नहीं तुझे 

दिल-ए-बाजार का ताज है तू 

गिरफ्त में तेरी आज जहां ये सारा 

गलियों का भी सरताज है तू 

खोए हुए उन आखों की 

शर्म का हकदार है तू 

जिसे गले लगाए जाके 

उनकी धड़कनों का मोहताज है तू 

तस्वीर भी तू 

तसव्वुर भी तू 

जीने का बहाना बन जाता है तू 

दिन भी तू 

रात भी तू 

हकीकत का नमूना बन जाता है तू 

उलझन सी होती जो महसूस 

उस दीवानेपन की आहट है तू 

शोर भी ग़मगीन सा लगे 

उस घड़ी का भी वफादार है तू 

वक़्त भी तू, वक़्त की इनायत भी तू 

लफ्ज़ कम हैं अब बाकी  

बताएं ज़रा अब 

क्या यही इश्क़ है तू?

Priya H. Rai

Mere Humans

Mere humans

We are mere humans

All the moments we thrive to live

All the efforts we put to succeed

Comes down to the delusional world

Where mirage is the reality

After all we are mere humans!

Those smiles that we cry through

Those smiles which now feel blue

Blood running against the course of the veins

To check for what we have gained

After all we are mere humans!

I love you - he said once

I love you - she said once

Agony behind the bars of these words

Create a vision of diversion in this world

After all we are mere humans!

What I have

Maybe to give away

What you don't have 

Maybe to take away

After all we are mere humans!

Humans with beating hearts

 like rhythm with no sound

yet, to feel the same we walk a path

we aim for the goals which were never to be found

After all

Mere humans

We are mere humans

Priya H. Rai

That day...

That day...

It was that day when my heart raced till it was hard for me to catch my breath. When he held my hand for the first time... did not speak a word and just walked silently with me to the peaceful horizon.

That was the day when I kept on taking small little glances of him leading my way. He wanted me to smile and look at him but I felt shy. My heart was smiling and eyes were desperate to look into his... But I just could not.

Flushing red cheeks is what I could feel about myself when he sat right in front of me. That was the day when I could not utter even a single word but just kept on absorbing his voice into my memories.

It was that day, when I was so nervous as the person who took away my soul was in front of me... and it was that day when he held me by my arms, hugged me so that I could listen to his heartbeat and told me.. " you don't have to say it, I feel exactly the same way you feel toady".

                                                                Priya H. Rai

Words

Today I feel blank

More to say 

Less words to portray

Thought of being just you

How much of 'you' is true?

Do not cross the line the sign says
The mirage of border is on your way

I saw deep within me
A light so bright to shine
A'loof! the light went away
With a void of black again

Have been thinking thrice
But not twice, if you say
To breath the air
That I feel today

I am nervous
I am shy
I am scared to my guts
Yes, I am today

For tomorrow has so much to say
Yet again, no words to portray.

Priya H. Rai

Slave of life

blaming the situations again? or hoping that your faith in " everything will be fine" will glide you through everything?

When was the last time you actually laughed out loud? Like you don't care about anything... When was the last time you took a deep breath with your eyes closed to feel the life running through you.

I cannot fail. But I don't see myself winning the game either. Ok, I cannot fail! But I see myself getting only poor. ok! I said I cannot fail!! How hard can it be for you to understand. But I find you failing in everything that you are doing... 

Bravo! Bravo! Cheers to the fool you made out of yourself today. At least people laughed at you if nothing more. 

Oh relax and take the ride.. you cannot get out of this jungle of recreation anyway. Untill the jungle kills you and mends you on it's own way. 

I am a simple girl. Just a simple girl. I want to live my life happily. I want to stay around my friends and my family. Life has given me in abundance. I just beg life to keep staying this way... Calm and happy. Just stay this way for little more time. Let me at least get prepared for the terrifying tommorow. Give me little time so that I can prepare myself to listen to your orders as I already feel like your slave.

Priya H. Rai