Every Night.

Every night...
Night after night...
Getting sleep, became...
Finding sleep, and then...
Finally buying sleep.......!

Not long ago...
I used to find sleep...
No sooner I thought of it..!

But with time...
It became demanding...
I had to make efforts to find it...!

The first thing...
The very first thing...
That comes to my mind, before sleep...
Is the slideshow of the high-points of the day...
Unless, there is a one, which is too bad to avoid...!

If the flashes are beautiful...
I certainly do not mind reliving them...
With a few minor adjustments in the "time-space" set up...!

These first things...
Are never constant...
They certainly change...
Most certainly, every night...
And there have been occasional...
Guest appearances of tension and anxiety...!

But one thing...
Has never changed...!

The last thing...
The very last thing...
That comes to my mind, before sleep...
After which there is nothing, I can think of...
Its You...!!
Be there..!!

तितलियाँ

हरे गलीचों की गोद में,
हरी छन्नी जैसे आकाश तले,
उन सुनहरी किरणों की बारिश में,
कुछ नवजात ख्वाब पले.

ख्यालों की आंच में,
सेके वोह कुछ ख्वाब,
सिन्दूरी अंगारों सी,
चाहत की तपिश में,
खूब पके वो ख्वाब.

इस नरम-गरम व्यवस्था से,
फिर उड़ चले वो ख्वाब,
बन के तितली, बन के बिजली,
बन बैठे फ़िज़ाओं के वो नवाब.

रन-बिरंगी तितलियों जैसी,
टेढ़ी-मेढ़ी उनकी उड़ान,
हवाओं में तैरती जैसे,
मौसम की मुस्कान,
हम न पहुंचे जिस किसी,
पहुंचे वो हर उस मक़ाम.

तितली बना खुद को उड़ाते,
जो न कर पाते,
वोह सब हम उनसे करवाते,
विडम्बना से पूर्ण,
एक अनोखी दास्तान...!