Din mein itna andhera shayad hi kabhi lagga hoga.
Phir bhi maan mein ek ajeeb se asha the, par jhoot nahi kahungi, mera maan ek khaati pathani ki karha bas idhar-udhar hawa ke saath girta jaraha tha,
Ek benaam rishtey mein naam ko uljha diya hai.
Jaise woh khaati pathang manjhe se dur kahi ek purane ghar ke khidki se bandh gaya ho.
Mein ne kaha,”Yeh birha ke anshon leke wapas aja, yeh mausam ka jhoka tha, dekh tujh mein seelan hai, numb ho gaye hai tu. Phat jayenge, peeghal jayege.
Aye re patanga, woh bas tujhe apni purani khidki ke kanch par se deekhega.
Pyaari se ek muskan se, haath badhayega. Shayad tujhe pass bhi le aayega par woh maanjha tera, unki haath tak hi nahi aye, zor lagane par kahen laal lahu agaya toh?
Log toh tujhe ate jate dekh rahe hai, par kisi ne ek purane, toote, be-rang patang ko chaha nahi. SS
Reh jana tu yahaan, uski ek jhalak ke liye.
Patanag ne mujhse kaha ek din, “tu kyun kehti hai mujhe be-rang. Uss khidakee mein anek rang hai, janti hai dhoop par ne par mein satsangi hooon jatil hun.”
“Kisne kaha tujhse ke mein akele hoon unke barande par ek papiha ati hai, kitne baatein karti hai unke, tu jalti hai na? Raj-paath pe tera maan kaha ab? Tu sab bhul chuki hai.”
Vilaap karte hue mein ne socha, haan eershya toh hoti hai tujhse re, pagal patanag par samjha lete hooon apne aapko.
Riha karde mujhe, mere maan ko, tere us pakhi ke tarha ab roz nahi aungi.
Ek waqt tha jab tere siva koi nahi tha mere pass.
Ek din ek bohot zor hawa ka jhoka aayega, tujhe silan se bheja dega.
Tere papiha toh phir bhi ayenge, par soch le, tu shayad kabhi sa sun paye usse…
Aye re patange tera tutna hi uchit hai.
Haar raat ka savera nahi hota, aur har preet ki manzil nahi hoti.
Aye re patange, yeh tera basera nahi hai.