आज बिछड़े हैं

आज बिछड़े हैं कल का डर भी नहीं
जिंदगी इतनी मुख्तसर भी नहीं

ज़ख़्म दिखते नहीं अभी लेकिन
ठंडे होगे तो दर्द निकलेगा
तैश उतरेगा वक्त का जब भी
चेहरा अंदर से ज़र्द निकलेगा

आज बिछड़े हैं...

कहने वालों का कुछ नहीं जाता
सहने वाले कमाल करते हैं
कौन ढूंढे जवाब दर्दों के
लोग तो बस सवाल करते हैं

आज बिछड़े हैं ..

कल जो आयेगा, जाने क्या होगा
बीत जाये जो कल नहीं आते
वक्त की शाख तोड़ने वालों
टूटी शाखों पे फल नहीं आते

आज बिछड़े हैं ..

कच्ची मिट्टी है, दिल भी इंसा भी
देखने ही में सख्त लगता है
आंसू पोंछे तो आंसुओं के निशां
खुश्क़ होने मे वक़्त लगता है

आज बिछड़े हैं कल का डर भी नहीं
जिंदगी इतनी मुख्तसर भी नहीं 


-- गुलज़ार

An Epiphany of Sorts

I am beginning to find it very auspicious that every time I listen to a piece by Sigur Rós, I sit down and I am able to reflect and introspect. 

Today, I had an epiphany of sorts. I realized that all I want. All I ever want is to be able to work hard at the things I love, and to be able to accept decisions out of my control, while being with a few people who I have really come to love in life. So, what I really want is to just work hard so I feel good about my existence, and have the acceptance so I can be peaceful, and have the grace of Love in my life. 

I just hope that with passing time, I learn to sort out my confusions and learn how to get these things that are really all that I want from life. Perhaps this is why I feel the need to believe in God. It just seems too difficult to ever figure out on your own, and the fact that there is help out there gives me the comfort that, so what, it's still possible.

Today is a good day. :-)

Bittersweet

I thought this day would never come. Officially drinking coffee without sugar. I blame beer-drinking to have accustomed me to find bitterness, sweet.

Now, if we could only say that about life. How bittersweet. 

Tattoo Revisited

Well, after quite a bit of musing, I finally have a tattoo as of Labor Day weekend 2011. Self-designed, artist-improved and parents approved, no less. Ha.

Thank you, Kevin Collins of Eddie's Chinatown, Philadelphia. You've done a wonderful job.

Aha.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It's lethal.

Don't allow your wounds transform you into someone you are not.  - Paulo Coelho.