मुस्कराते हुए अलविदा कह गए

lonely girl

कभी बड़ी हसरतों से देखा करते उन्हें,
बड़ी उम्मीदों से इंतज़ार किया करते थे उनका,
सौ बार फिर आते थे उनकी गली से,
के एक बार ही सही, उसे देखकर चेहरा खिल जाये उस दिन का,

बातें तो बहुत कही उनसे,
बस वो एक बात ना कह पाए, जो जीत पता दिल उसका,
वो ख़ुशी ख़ुशी चली गयी डोली में किसी और की,
क्या कहते? क्या कर लेते? उसी में भला लगा उसका,
उस दिन समझा प्यार तो आसान होता है भुलाना,
मुश्किल तो होता है सपनों को दफनाना,

आज वर्षों बाद राह में दिखी वो तो, बस मुस्कुराते रह गए,
उन्होंने पूछा हाल तो बस मुस्कराते रह गए,
खुद की आप बीती सुनाते-सुनाते जो आँखें गीली हुई उनकी,
हमारे बढ़ते हाथ उनके चेहरे तक आते-आते रह गए,

की किस हक़ से छुयें उन्हें?
की दोस्ती भी तो नहीं बांकी थोड़ी सी भी हमारे दरमियाँ,
ये सोचके की कहीं वो हो न जाये बदनाम हमारे साथ खड़े होकर,
हम मुस्कराते हुए अलविदा कह गए ,
मुड़कर देखा तो उनकी आँखें नम थी,
इस डर से की कहीं लौटकर गले ना लगा ले उन्हें,
हम घर की ओर बस दौड़ते चले गए…
-N2S



If I Could See Her Again

Girl standing in dark
“I wish if I could see her once again, just one more time…”

When I lost all the hopes of falling in love again,
accepted my destiny of no one calling my name,
it was Monday morning and I saw her on the Delhi Metro,
I liked her instantly and could feel my heart racing like a pro,

She was in pink and I was in white,
I looked at her simple face and irresistible smile,
she resembled quite like the pretty girls in the chocolate Ads,
her small eyes perfectly radiating like diamond sides,
delicate like a fresh red rose,
white teeth in two perfect rows,

The morning was beautiful and wind blowing my hair,
I felt something, probably some cosmic connection we might have shared,
she looked towards me, held her gaze,
scanned right into my soul;
some spell-bounding alchemy she must have played,
On my headphone, Enrique was singing, ‘Somebody is me’,
she appeared so perfect and I was lonely,



She stood beside me reaching nearly my shoulders,
as she smiled, dimple flaunted her,
my heartbeat was faster, almost forced me to kiss her red lips,
What if she would get angry and doesn’t like it?
after a few minutes her destination came, she looked into my eyes,
as she is about to say something, probably goodbye,

For a moment, I thought to hold her hand,
and ask her to stay, even for a second,
I felt sorry that I said nothing,
she saw me for the last time, perhaps that was the ending,
I wish if I could see her once again, just one more time…

-N2S