I Am What I Am

A whisper; a voice;
A light in the dark,
Turn here, turn there,
Searching, searching everywhere..
Only to find it's your patience wearing thin..

Dimmer and dimmer it glows each day,
However, always ashimmer, still leading the way..
One speck of light in a tunnel full of darkness,
Now, therein lies the game - keep your eye on the light,
Else you're a failure..

The Lord has his ways - Praise the Lord!
Never obstacle free,
Only the greatest men have all beaten him to it,
None left unscathed, mind..
But, they have something to show for it, so to say,
For what is a trial by fire, if it doesn't burn you,
If it doesn't purge you, maybe even haunt you after..

And years later when your son sees your scar,
And boasts of it to his friends,
He may not know much of it, or what lies beneath..
But this I can say,
A tear; some pride;
Your heart wells up, and you can say:
I am what I've seen,
I am what I've done,
I AM WHAT I AM.

Kya Kehna

Yeh shaam mastani,
Rote huey guzaari gayi hai,
Dil dhoondta sukoon tha,
Mile us hi ke tukde hain..

Akhiyaan bhar bhar aayein hain,
Sookhein aansoon ke nishaan,
Ab bhi paayein jaatein hain,
in taazein aansoon ke peechhe..

Ek dukhbhara gaana gaa liya,
Jo dil ko pyaara hai, usse chugli kar li,
Magar agli shaam aane tak,
Yeh dil phir tukde tukde ho jaata hai..

Do baar aansoon rok liye,
Teen lambe saans le liye,
Dil toh phir bhi rota hi hai,
Toh aansoon bhi rok ke rakhte,
Magar thode toh chhot hi jaatein hain..

Kisi se ab kya kehna,
Kisi se ab kya kehna,
Jo goonj hai iss dil ki,
Koi taal na duba paaya..

Fallin' & Flyin'

At long last, the windows open,
Perched precariously,
But ever so elegantly on the sill,
This bird finds its wings grown to size..

On the back of a long lesson in flight,
It arches it's head, raring to go,
Having learnt it's lessons of balance in life,
It finally really is ready to go..

There is now wind in its feathers,
Strength in it's talons,
But as life would have it,
As life should have it,
The winds are still to be waited patiently for..

You cannot swim against the current,
You cannot fly against the wind,
And why must you,
For when there is help to be had,
A push to set each of us off on our paths,
Why go against the flow?