भर ले तू भी अपनी उड़ान
बंद घडी भी दिन मै दौ बार सही वक़्त बताती है,
अपना काम वो बंद हो कर भी कर जाती है|
अब क्या बहाना है तेरा, ओ परिंंदे?
जा भर ले तू अपनी वो उड़ान,
आसमान की उचाईया भी तेरा नाम पुकारती है|
Blinding Lights
Everyone was beaming today after epochs Brightened faces with wrinkles The old mother who hadn’t smiled since ages smiled today The thought of sufficient food for even a person had never crossed their minds They had embraced malnutrition just like the poverty which now seemed chronic to them This light of unlimited food for all of them by the leader was too bright for them This meant the old hag didn’t have to wash away her little breaths now, By washing other people’s clothes This meant that dad didn’t have to see his bloody hands ever again I was very happy as a child but my dad wasn’t smiling I asked him whats the matter He told me these lights They’ve enlightened his life way too many times before But all the lies pushed him into the darkness much more So now these lights don’t help his gloom Because “Not seeing light is better than seeing a blinding one”
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