IT WAS ALL A COSMIC GAME!!!

Mountains, cliffs, rivers we crossed

Traveled together, distance afar

It would have been a shame

Had it continued – the game

For us – it was all serious

Innocent heads – bounded without name

But there I know now

It was all a cosmic game

Thousand years lived together

Thousand lives, many fates

Good and bad

Smiles and tears

Aah!! all cosmic games

We came together

We split apart

We are still together

Aah!! cosmic dart

Never knew the rules

Nor reached the end of game

But there I know now

It was all a cosmic game

The living together

With love with care

That travel together

Putting travelers to shame

Where nothing was everything

And everything burnt to no name

Where we were together

Together without name

We called it love

We called it hate

Never knew what and why

How and where it took us – the fate

Both bounded for centuries

Held together without name

But there I know it now

It was all a cosmic game

No more together they say

So with another you remained

Maybe with some other name

So I have come so far

Or that is what the people say

Seas crossed, in air I lay

Thinking of those centuries

Those beloved names

How I detested them

How I loved them the same

How they are sent to past

How present remains the same

Past and present before and after

Same journey, different name

But there I know it now

It was all a cosmic game

And it seems like some births before

That we met and played that game

Yet you are v. much present

In this birth in this game

Maybe it was all required

Living, breathing, holding it in

The learning the feeling of same

But there I know it now

It was all a comic game

And I am happy that it we played

That in this life

We came together

With no name

Maybe the game will never be same

Or maybe we will play it again

Who knows we meet in some other birth

Or maybe its the same game

I like this delusion

This indifference to its fame

Its us that matters

The first game

The first name

But there I know it now

It was all a cosmic game!!!

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

वो उदास आँखें

अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें
ढूंढने आई थीं ख़ुशी
जाने कब से जागे
मायूस सी नज़र
आँखों में ग़दर
कैसा गम समाये थीं
अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें जा रही थीं

हर अनजान चेहरे में
कुछ अपना सा ढूंढती थीं
हर जानी सी बात पर
जाने क्यों बिफरती थीं
कोई धुंधली सी याद
आँखों में नमी ला रही थी
कुछ तो था
जो वो छुपा रही थी
अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें जा रही थीं

शायद अपनों की कमी थी
या परायों को
अपना बना रही थी
पर फिर क्यों उन सपनों में
वो यादों को बसा रही थी
यादों की लकीरों से
जाने कैसी छवि बना रही थी
रात की ख़ामोशी में
वो धीमे से गुनगुना रही थी
पर वो गीत था या गम था
उस आवाज़ में कुछ दर्द था
जाने क्या सोच कर वो आँखें
हर ख़ुशी से कटरा रही थीं
अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें जा रही थीं

चेहरे पर जैसे किसी की नज़र ही नहीं जाती
होंठों की हसीं में दुनिया थी बहलती
हर उदास आँखों की उस हसी से यारी थी
नदियां, जंगल, पहाड़
उन सब को वो प्यारी थी
पर कौन जानता था
उन आँखों का राज़
वो खिलखिलाती हसीं
जगमहाअत बेशुमार
नए शहर में वो आँखें
जाने क्या पा रही थीं
सबसे मिलके बातें कर के
वो खुद से दूर जा रही थीं
हर किसी को हँसा कर
जाने क्या पा रही थीं
अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें जा रही थीं

उन आँखों में अब जूनून था
शायद काम का फितूर था
वो चाहती थीं बहुत कुछ करना
खुद से झगड़ना
खुद को समझना
अंजानो के बीच में
अजनबी सी वो
खोती पाती रहती खुद को
कभी खिलखिला कर हंस देती
कभी खुद ही से दो बातें कर लेती
ज़िन्दगी शायद बदल गयी थी
उन आँखों में अब कोई कमी नहीं थी
उन में था एक अजीब सा सूनापन
जैसे कहीं खो गया हो उनका मन
वो खुद को एक नए सिरे पर पा रही थीं
अनजान से शहर में
वो उदास आँखें जा रही थीं

- सुरभि रोहरा

WAVES ON SAND

Silent night amidst rain
Far away places faces strange
Yeah with old friend
It feels like game
Out amidst nature
Just for name
So wanna go out
Explore that range
Sea beach the water
Nothing to tame
Morning I went out
Made some friends
Couple of cats
Enough for heart mend
They came on their own
Like magic so prone
In my lap around me
So mine so own
I went on those cliffs
Beside that sea
From top it felt so free
Beside was a dog
So loving at spree
Aah!! Those waves
The animals n me
Here I sit watching rain
Thinking of bliss mixed with pain
Numerous strangers spread around
Distant music talking sound
I can interact but whats the point
They are content
Y extra joint
N I love this weather
The music of rain
The splashes of walking
Some creature's game
Sea can be heard too
Dancing in rain
It splashes the shore
With force with pain
Aah!! The power
Of waves on sand
The colorful patterns
It creates on land
Its beautiful
The rainbow patterns
Its magical
This feel like saturn
U fall in awe
Watching those levels
In sea all forming
With water and waves
The brimming white
As far as you see
Snowy water sight
The sea so free
U get inspired
To be as free as sea
Something innerwired
It connects with sea

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

Anxieties occur mid-way

Anxieties occur mid-way

Cars honking, desire astray

A new wish, sudden stay

Some harsh words,

Some random game

Unfulfilled dreams,

Realization - on play.

That – accidentally seen

That assumed tray.

Anxieties occur mid-way.

Those unsaid feelings.

That glitch without name.

Some new obsession.

Some achieved aim.

Sudden road accident

Some planned tame.

Unrequired flattery.

Unwanted shame.

Repressed emotions.

Imposed blames.

Unfinished ending

Undecided pray

Anxieties occur mid-way.

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

I WISH TO HOLD IT STILL

The sand keeps rolling by

And yet forms desired premise

The garden and bushes

Are all grown with desire

Beauty is created

Bliss fascinated

And yet each day and night

The sand – it keeps rolling by

I wish to hold it still

The little house and my will

The way my seed grew

The plant suddenly got one

Aah! how it was desired

To hold that plant the way desired

And yet it grew like all

Now its just another stall

How I wish to hold it still

That sand that held me by

That sand that keeps rolling by.

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

FACE IS ONE FUNNY THING

Face is one funny thing

you never know

when one is wearing a mask

over it, beneath it

its all the same

the smile those tears

and yet

some vibes ooze out

some sprinkle through those eyes

some cunningly spread in the corners of lips

and yet you remain doubtful

to go by those expressions

or let it win

your inner call – still doubtful

so you curb it inside

unlike child

and yet with smile

you hide all filed

and there you wear

a new mask outside

for smiles around

you wear a new smile

it kills to fake it

you detest yourself for it

and yet you have to sit

all smiling to fit

and there you suddenly decide

to keep that mask aside

and there you realize

to be you is wise

to smile when you feel like

all pretensions kept aside

and you do justice to your feelings

you are fair with all dealings

you value your expressions

you just quit unnecessary mentions

there you walk your own way

naked and free to sway

mask-less you feel all light

with inner-self – no more fight. 

Mystical Wanderer

But Time was not a commodity back then

Yeah! The world is busy -
the joys and the furry.
It’s always those few minutes
To ask for, to postpone.
Dagger like they butcher
Potential tasks causing spur.
Yeah! Its imp. Whatever created
Yeah you are important
Busy too
Alas!!! gone is the time
When time was really significant
When the best thing
one could have gifted to another
was time
was those few minutes
but time was not a commodity back then
neither was it a symbol of your worth
it rather used to show other’s worth
now its all commercialized
the time, the moments , aah! all notions.
Yeah! U r busy,
As I understand
And yes, you are significant too
I wish I understand.
 

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

ARE WE HUMANS?

One nice gesture

And here I am melted

Its ironical – how humans are built

Serious of insignificant words

Immense issues flaunted

And yet a single gesture does the task

All issues evaporated

Fresh spirit new stall

But then this fear

It comes as life goes on

More aspirations shattered

More heart becomes like stone

Some stop following their hearts all together

Some turn their sadist mode on

Some become – emotion-proof

Some pretend they are never wrong

Aah!! False assumptions

Indeed somehow it functions

N yet that heart calls on

To react to every gesture

To not pretend to be stone

It feels every joy

Every sorrow is experienced on

Aah!! Bloody pretensions

We wear funny masks on

Its ourselves that we forget in process

To laugh n cry is long gone

Repressed desires, repressed emotions

Are we humans? Aah!! Supposedly strong. 

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

No feel that homely

Its strange, life changes

So does your attitude towards it.

Same person, same personality

Yet it changes -

Your take towards life.

Long back you had many.

You used to sort out.

You used to shine.

Then suddenly you hated all

There you escaped those many.

You took a voluntary step-

Isolation and peace the theme.

There suddenly it grew over you-

Independence and freedom.

Aah! Notions those many.

But then one day

Your past gave a visit.

Those roots which were amiss.

You flourished with health with them.

But past remains in past

Roots remain below earth’s swell.

You were touching the sky

But you  were so shy.

There were roots but far off

Aah!! Those days of birth.

Now you have a constant supply

Of nurture, of love, of care.

But up here, it feels alone.

Without roots.

People like stone.

Wind seems chilly at times.

rain though is still divine.

birds do come n visit

but it feels lonely.

they fly they sit.

you stand alone feeling strong.

you see those birds you face all storm.

but you miss the womb.

you miss the soil.

you feel your seed had divine.

but there you wanted to fly

you took a flight to great height.

coming far from head tree was a thrill.

you wanted to stand apart from your mill.

yeah! You are different.

so is this place.

yeah! You have carved a new space.

but then! it feels lonely.

no tree to accompany

no feel that homely!!!

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

Life is game

Life - it is strange
Numerous encounters
Life is game
Aah!! I wish I knew its rules
Just to break them all
Burn them like fuel
Yeah!!! I face it with smile
Strong and free
Never docile
N yet that surprise
The doings of time.

I keep flowing
Breaking every stone
I make my own way
Heart like stone
But it hurts
Every now n then
Some strange words
From someone own
It keeps happening
Judgments n opinions
It doesn't matter
Their opinions
But it effects
When I keep losing
Everyone I call my own
Yeah!! I know the trick
Fake it, hide it
Do some stitch
But I don't want it
Faking something
Lie flaunted
Honesty is one hard path
It snatches all you have
Every person,aah! Your heart.

Written by - Mystical Wanderer

That moment - TO HOLD ON

Holding on expressions is a difficult task
Especially when they are so connected to emotions
When the source stands right in front
About to take off to her next destination
When all you want is to hold on
That moment and her
In your arms, in your eyes
When you want the moment to freeze
Right to that spot
Where you are happy
You are content
And yet you know
That time goes on
That time moves and brings its storm
When you think of all its doings
The things that happened
How it may go wrong
When you realize the good part
That time moves on
That time keeps going
Happiness is part of storm
And yet that one moment
Where nothing is wrong
When storm is on freeze
When you so want to hold on
To that moment of peace
To that moment of love
And yet it goes on
You help it move
You become the catalyst
Wishing things to go wrong
To somehow postpone separation
To with that moment hold on
Tears do not stop
Expressions change with storm
You scream inside
Yet with smile you move on
Only to help her in front
With tears on brim
Looking at you so stone
You give her smile
Try to make her strong
And yet you burst
In her arms
In that storm
To express all you have
To tell how much you love
To let her know before all
Before that storm
Before she moves on
And yet both of you know
That moment will be there to hold on
No matter how much you grow
No matter that storm grooves you on
Yet that one moment of love
That love in eyes so strong
That one moment for which you were still
That moment in your heart
You hold on

Written by - Mystical Wanderer