पास

आँखों की आज भुझ्ती नहीं प्यास
दूर हो तुम और हर एक आस
कह भी दें, जो न कहें
चुप जो रहे,
न होंगे पूरे आज

पास तो है सब कुछ
बस दूरी के उतने ही 
जितने खुद के रहते थे करीब

चलते हुए चुभते कम हैं
जीते  जब तक, तब तक ग़म है
और ग़मों से कुछ हम कुछ तुम पूरे
और कुछ कम है

शामें गयी, पर तू नहीं
बंद आँखों में भी न है वोह यकीन
चुप करके कुछ बता दे आज
कहते कहते तो बोहत बोल गए
मगर सुनते तो आज कहाँ ग़म था ....

If the time has come
there is no way
you can know
for if you still ask
you may never get the
satisfaction
of basking in the afterglow
that comes
with taking a risk,
a leap of faith,
a test of not conviction
but courage
that will stand the test of time
a poetic message that's your song
with a soothing rhyme

If it will make sense
a few years from now
I can't say
If you will cherish this
as much as it scares you today
If you will look back
and smile on this moment
I can but try and guess
and not know for sure

But ask yourself what would you be
who do you seek to emulate,
a convenient yesterday or a
tomorrow full of hope and glee?

I chose not to project my past onto my future
I live for tomorrow not for yesterday
if the past was good
the future will be better

If you agree with any of this
you know what you did
was the best you could
to live up to your dreams
every step of the way...

Laugh when you can
Try when you should
Cry when you need to
but don't look back when
future's too good

Yours' is, I know it only better than you
you are getting there
and you will
at your own pace

Till then just
arrest the dew drops
and numb the gravity
for when you accelerate
they will be bystanders with no footfall

It's time to move on
It's not night if you see carefully
it's breaking dawn...