Kya jawab doon jab koi puche khush toh ho na tum?
kya jawab doon jab koi puche tum pe khuda itna meherbaan kaise hai?
kya jawab doon jab koi puche hamesha chehre pe muskurahat kaise banaye rakhti ho?
kya jawab doon jab koi puche itni raunak kaise hai zindagi mein tumhare?
kaise jawab doon...
jab main khud asmanjas mein padd jati hu
jab main khud ye sochne pe majboor ho jati hu
ki kya sahi mein maine zindagi ki baazi jeet li hai?
kya sahi mein chot khane ke baad bhi
uth ke ladna seekh liya hai maine?
kya sahi mein har oonchai tak pahuchne ki taqat hai mujh mein?
kahi aisa toh nahi in nadaan logon se bhool ho gayi ho?
kahi aisa toh nahi ki mera chehra
in naqabon ke bojh tale dab gaya ho?
kahi aisa toh nahi ki zindagi ki is bhaag daud mein
maine khud ko kahi kho diya ho?
phir yakeen aata hai ki shayad yeh woh mukaam hai
jahan maine zindagi se dosti kar li hai aur kaanto ko gale lagaya hai
shayad maine khud ko paa liya hai
shayad is bheed mein mujhe woh sukoon mil gaya hai
jiski mujhe hamesha se talash thi..

And in the moments of distress
we realize
how blessed we all are
yet we give it all away
for we are too scared
to acknowledge
the emotional wreck we have become
we are too scared
of the bad
that we stop appreciating the good
we are too scared
of the endings
that we overlook the beginnings
and still live with the hope
that one day
everything's going to be okay
and that hope is the only thing
which
will give us wings to fly
and undo the shackles binding us
to set us free...

Escape

Escape
from the chaos
which surrounds you
Escape
from the clouds of sadness
which looms on you
Escape
from the shackles
which weighs you down
Escape
before it traps you
Escape
before it pulls you down into a quadmire
Escape
because you don't want to be defeated
Escape
because you don't want to give up
Escape
because you have the strength
it's in you and you know that
Escape
because you don't want to regret it your entire life
Escape
before it is too late!

When I am lost
somewhere in this
big world
trapped
in an invisible cage
suffocated
with the air around me
my mind
burdened with thoughts
which are difficult to decipher
my eyes
searching for the way out
my soul struggling
to free itself
from the clutches
of despair
I see a light
I feel ecstatic
but as I go near
bright rays burn my eyes
I give up
I can feel the fire
engulfing
each and every part of me
and I am surrounded
by the warmth
which I was searching for
from eternity
and in those last moments
when I am fully consumed
I illuminate the entire universe
with the ferocious energy
that's enough to destroy
the shackles which tied me down
and free my soul forever

Liberating
is what you feel
when the cold sea waves
kiss your soul
and the sand engulfs
your feet
comforting the tiredness
which was weighing you down
when the birds
free themseleves
out of the cage we humans built
flying away in the open sky
when you end ties
with negativity
ending the trauma
you put yourself through
that's when you rise
above everything
and see the beauty
that exists in life
that's when you realize
you are truly free
and that freedom
is an eternal bliss!