इतका माझा होशील का ??

तुझे  "स्वप्न "  माझ्या डोळ्याने

दिवस रात्र पाहशील का ?

श्वास माझे नावं तुझे

अशा घरात तू राहशील का ?

ओवलेले सुखं  -दुखं सारे

माझ्या वेणीत खोवशील का ?

मनात तू प्राणात तू

फ़क़्त इतका माझा होशील का?

I am walking out

I don’t what to say,
I don’t know how to play,
I am lost in the way,

I don’t know why I crave

And I am walking out……

Tears stream-down my face,
Out of fear , bleeds inside my vein
Are you there? Or have you gone?
Don’t know how to read your mind,

So I am walking out…

Eyes cringe to happiness
Do not dare to dream
Time is here! Standing still;

But I am walking out…

Answers questioned me
You were on “their” side.
Always wanted you to win;

Hence I am walking out….

Words are speechless now
Lips have swallowed “good bye”
Before you would walk away

I am walking out…

And it happened

Sun was logging off
and was on the way home
Moon peeped through the veil....
And it happened!!

Her voice knocked his heart
when cosmos played the dart
both cherished oneness
Thus it happened!!

She shared her days and nights
He silently found his Queen
Untouched was it all
But it happened!!

All She concealed from ages
He read in the deep eyes
As fate wrote on their pages;
Hence it happened!!

He unlocked her wings
She became his breath
Time is now restless
So it happened!!

Smile got its happiness
& Tears are not alone
Now they walk life together
As it happens!!

“Silhouette”

Her eyes were stern

For each wrong I did

Whenever my wants hiked

Her wish-list got buried

Eternal place was her womb

Out I am in a far-off land

That lap is a "Silhouette"

Abode by values; he taught

What life ought to earn

Those spectacles scolded me

For "habits" had to learn

Desk is clean; though silent

Newspaper is lying unfolded

Chair refrain his “Silhouette”

He stamped floor; for 'it' hurt me

She kept secrets; hid my toys

Swarmed we all; skinned knees

Time geared up making us "wise"

Tempt by the skies; uncertain

Earth has no dust; unmoved!!

Horizon has their "Silhouette"

Arms I clung have wrinkles

But she stood tall by my side

Amidst, he broke the promise

Never walked me as a bride

Her weak flesh is in concern

His soul sailed to unknown

Restive is their Silhouette

I blew the "plus" candles

Cheeks get curved somehow

Finding good in the trepidation

Laughter doesn't burst now

Squalls are trying to dissuade

Me in countless pieces

Unshaken is my "Silhouette"

©Juhi Gupte

Entwined

"Today”, introduced us

 She greeted in zealous voice

 I shook hands too;

 Keeping at my poise

Innate was her halo

I unzipped my rucksack

Hers’ was unexplored story

Mine was a setback

Grief is beyond abyss

I can’t prune in verve

She shuddered me and said

“Ah!! You never had the nerve”

Novice and yet-to-come

She had sheath of my wisdom

While I showed her plumage

“Present” was sulking undone

He screamed in agony

Seeking to conclude

Can’t the ways be parted?

Or will you again delude?”

To mirror my shards

I twisted his wrist;

"Savor odds and move-on"

She dragged him to insist

To learn, live and dream

‘Entwined’ we all are; at last

She is his hopeful “Future”

And “me”; unforgotten “Past”

© Juhi Gupte

I Confess !!

Some set records, some got rewards
between loud sounds of cheers
I was last row spectator;
I confess!!

Proud smiles of winning faces,

Low sighs to keep one human

Aloof from everything;

I had a sighing smile

I confess!!!

Mountains have raised brows

Clouds are conspiring to burst

Will the winds like my little wings??

I am scared;

I confess!!

Mail-box is full of friendly texts

& Care waits for me at home

Still solitude is my akin

I confess!!

Yester striven the tussle

Tomorrow is sure of resurgence

Neither a “Princess” nor a “Queen”

I am what I am

I confess...

© Juhi Gupte

He too had a dark side

Knocked at my window

He mumbled; drove me out

Gleaming that evening was;

No one ever knew about

Quiet for a while, we stared

His “warmth” asked my plight

‘Dragged those stubborn rays; or

Faced some restless light?’

Blamed him for his betrayal

I sighed, nodded & replied;

“mine isn't luminous like yours,

life is dull and deprived”

Ah! Borrowed is my aura,

This glaze is wandering lie

Whole day I wane in pain

As any ‘fake’; ought to die!

Pleased, praised and celebratory

My waxing is rhymed & inked;

“Wish I could live all glory,

Resting in your lap”; he winked

Defaming our togetherness

Dawn will spilt us soon

Imbibe me, my “crazy” night

Calling it a “new” moon

Our hands gripped unknowingly

I thanked him for the ride

His silent scars confessed

He too had a dark side

© Juhi Gupte