Priti Talkies

--> WHEN I MET MYSELF Just short of my half journey And just the other day At a bustling airport lounge  Through the cacophony of sounds I happened to share an hour With a reflection of myself An adolescent Caught in time In transition Between worlds Neither here nor there On the cusp of adulthood Emotionally, Still not out of the woods Sitting frozen in time On a couch, o pposite mine Understandably fidgety And on the threshold of her climb! I could sense she was aching Aching to leap out From a past shrouded in shelter Into life’s dodgy arms Alarmed And yet excited too About the unknown perhaps Without a compass or maps As she sat there Pondering Wondering Uncertain of everything Certainly of life If she jumped Will it catch her In time Busy as life was With a billion other lives And she bit her lower lip Maybe a t the thou...

                                                           Photo credits @BenoitCourti                                                                         असर  क्या अजीब रिश्ता है तुझसे,  ये क्या अजीब असर है की घाव भी तू ही देता है ज़ालिम ,  और मरहम भी   सिर्फ तेरी ही  असर करती है                                           - प्रीति सिंह                                              ...

Photo credits @TimGiraudier - Beautiful Oregon FETE YOUR TWO FEET   Through this arduous journey That we call life How we pamper our visage With creams that sell dreams We pluck and we paint Camouflage and cover   And take pride in our faces   However fake they may seem But when was the last time We paused and we pondered And bothered to look down At our pair of tired feet That have got us through life Through gravel and dust With blisters and shards Over mountains and seas Though largely unsung They carry our burden And make us stand tall And take all the heat Of old shoes and new What we put our feet through Should put us to shame   When comparisons beseech Just how low we rank them Almost never thank them They are literally at the bottom Our tired tootsies So it won’t be too bad If only for a tad We take out the time And fete our two feet               ...

दायरा-ए-नज़र  दायरा-ए-नज़र  को ना समझ अपनी मंज़िल  फ़ासलें और भी हैं  उस मुक़ाम के पार  हर मक़सद हो फ़तह,  हर इरादा हासिल  तो ही चूमे जीत,  कदम बार-बार  दायरा-ए-नज़र  को ना समझ अपनी मंज़िल  फ़ासलें और भी हैं  उस मुक़ाम के पार  हर मंज़र नज़र आए, ये ज़रूरी तो नहीं दोस्त  खुली आँखों से तो नज़र,  ख़ुदा भी नहीं आता यार  दायरा-ए-नज़र  को ना समझ अपनी मंज़िल....                               - प्रीति सिंह                             

Humanity failed......yet again!  ADIEU ASIFA   Like most girls She must have had dreams  In those big dreamy eyes That at us now scream Like most girls She must have had wishes  Maybe a purple kurta And two cups with those dishes Unlike most children This one had duties  She took horses grazing Her brown and black beauties But like most girls This one too had trust  That was ripped to shreds By some demons of lust Now she lives in our prayers And God's loving arms Where nothing can touch her No monster can harm But those grasslands and vales Where her ponies still graze Will surely miss a girl named Asifa Who now sadly, w ill never age                             - Priti Singh  -