Define Love

I wanted to know about love -
What does it mean to others?
How do they perceive it, define it?
I wanted to know what is love...

I asked a parent to tell me about love
I was told it is sacrifice -
Giving up your own dreams and desires
To turn your loved ones' dreams into reality.

When asked, a married couple replied
That love for them is compromise
And constant adjustment to accomodate
The other's wishes and desires.

Siblings define love as understanding
Each other, despite the differences,
Jealousies & other harsh realities of life
And being there for each other

Lovers say love is overlooking each other's faults
And focusing on the good
In the other's soul, thus accentuating
Their own goodness.

For me love is all this and more
For it is the very basis of my being...
My biggest weakness, my only strength
It is binding, it is liberating.

Love is hope and belief in a better tomorrow
It is perfection, my solace, only redemption
The wings that lift me to the highest pinnacle
The roots that ground me to reality

Love they say can never be defined
For it can only be felt and not just in your heart
Love is worship, a connection of souls...
Never an end, always a start

A Request

I have set out on a path,
New, unchartered yet promising;
A path that I hope leads to you,
Love, romance and dreams fulfilling.

I am scared of getting lost,
Wavering, losing hope...
Please, shine on me, guide me,
Help me to cope.

I hope to mend my broken self
And be a whole new me'
But without your support and friendship
There just is no possibility

The road ahead is long and winding -
I may often lose sight of you...
All I ask is that you steer me
And help me to pull through

Bey-Khawabi (Insomnia)

Na jaane kahan chalee gayee hai neend
Na jaane kaun churra gaya hai meri neend
Na jaane kub milegaa sukoon
Na jaane kub aayegi kambakht yeh neend

Na jaane aur kitni raatein
Yunhi jaagte raheinge hum
Na jaane aur kitni baatein
Yunhi dil mein dabaate raheinge hum

Na jaane kis ke intezaar main
Bechain hai yeh dil
Na jaane kyun betaab hai
Machle hai yeh dil

Yeh kis ki hai parchhaaee
Jo ke dikhe hai hurr jagga
Yeh kis ki hurr kone se
Aati hai sadda

Na jaane kahan gum hai
Mera chain-o-qarar
Na jaane kub khatam hogaa
Yeh intezaar...

Ek Proposal

Teri yaad mein hurr lamha houn doobi
Tere hi khayaloun mein hurr pal houn khoyee

Teri hi ek jhalak ki houn muntazir
Teri hi surat dil mein le kar soyee

Teri hi awaaz sunne ko yeh kaan hain taraste
Teri hi ek muskaan ke liye hum machalte

Tu ne ye kaisi kasak hai jagaaee
Tu ne ajab ye aggan hai lagaaee

Tu khud to hai bekhabar ae mere harjaaee
Ub kis ko yahan hum dein dohaaee

Tujhse pyaar lene ka to hai shauq bhar pur
Kuch badle mein dena, ye mohabbat ka hai dastoor

Lekin dene ke liye mere paas kuch kahan
Bas armaanon aur khwahishon bhari hai meri daastaan

Na jheel jaisi aankhen, na lambi ghani zulfain
Na hirni jaisi chaal, naa hain makhmali baahein

Na pankhrree jaise honth, na noorani hai chehra
Arre kissi kaam ka nahin yeh pura wajood mera

Na shakal, na daulat, na umar na jawaani
Bilkul faqeer hai teri yeh deewaani

Sirf ek dil hai jis mein hai tu bassa
Jo hai ghulam tera, tere hi liye dhadakta

Gar yeh sauda manzoor ho tujhe
Le le mera sab kuch, apnale mujhe