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