Paakhi

 Hawaaon se jo maanga hissa mera
 To badle main hawa ne saans di
 Akelepan se chedi jab guftagoo
 Mere dil ne aawaaz di

Paakhi

All I ask

Is You

Paakhi.

Everything is a desert sky

                   And white, expansive, obsolete

Eyes are pools, molten sentiments

Muted, inexpressible

Paakhi.

Snow abound, our frail paradise

                        Here, in Dalhousie.

After Manikpur, the air in my lungs

Was forced between the teeth

Cutting my heart

                Shame seeking forgiveness

Paakhi.

I see

Deadness, in your

Slow gestures, your will to stop

                                      But breathe

Paakhi.

I betrayed you

and now that I stand before you

                                       by you 

remember the brush strokes

                    Our coloured canvas

Paakhi.

The last leaf hanging by the branch

                                       Will be me

                                       Will be mine

There were
 no more lie than there was the truth

A roving heart was anchored

I drowned

Paakhi.

* Inspired by the ending scenes of the movie LOOTERA.