One Man

What can't one man do..???

one man 

can reach the sky

dive in the deepest caves

one man

can bring a smile

on a child's face

one man

can bet

on a million's life

one man

can make humanity cry

one man 

can snatch

the innocence of a girl's life...

but it is also true

all of us "a million" together

can not change

the way one man thinks...

can not return

"the" lost innocence...

"we" can not 

destroy the conservative thinking

then why we call ourselves

"THE MAN"...

joker... beast

I run down the street

with a painted smile...

you look at me

with hope

I will not let you sit alone

in the dark

face the "beast"

I will keep looking for the door

to find you a way

take you back

to the place you were before

the place where you chased 

rainbows, bunnies, puppies

the place where "you" were "you"...

only I can take you there

for I acquainted crime

all the drugs i did

all the filthy lies

for I have been to "hell"

now I can see

through your "mask"

I can see

through your "wall"

I will not let you be

the "beast" that "I" am

Let Us DREAM

Let us dream

Of a fountain spraying moonlight

Of a swing hung in the stars

Of a cottage high in the mountains

With a wall of shadows

Doors of flowers

Let us dream

Of a day

When our hearts be moved

By a love that is infinite and universal

And knows no surfeit

Let us dream

Of a girl

Whose innocent eyes

Will slit our soul open like a razor

Let us dream

Of finding ourselves

Accepting who we are…

At last

Let us dream

For lasting harmony

Where murdering dreams

Is too often a way of life…

A Girl (Part-1)

The moment she steps out

A million savage, athirst eyes

Start following her…

Loafer’s life comes to a standstill

When she combs her hair

At the window

They all stare

When she goes to the roof

In the bus

Everyone tries to fondle with her

They gradually slide their hands

Towards her body…

Bank, petrol pumps, grocery stores…

Is there any place where they don’t follow her

Those eyes full of lust

She is not safe anywhere

Now a days

She is not even safe in her mother’s womb…

She is a girl

She is not safe anywhere…

A Man

I conceit the fact that

I am a man…

Sit on the center-stage

Give speech in assemblies

Consider myself “grand”…

But

I remember…

I cried a lot

When I was a kid

With my head dug in mom’s lap

When my toy was broken

When frightened

I took my grandmother’s shelter

For that I have broken

My dad’s watch

Even today

I run to my sister

When conditions become intolerable

To seek mental rejuvenation

Every now and then

I live

And will live

With different faces of women

Still

I deny their existence

I retract them of the respect they deserve

I am a Man

I consider myself “grand”…