A Letter I wrote.....

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Sits in the closet till the moment

Was for you once

But will soon enter the trash can

You no more exist hence

When i met you last

And exchanged that glance

You behaved like a stranger

Getting back together was just no chance

When you said "I'm glad things ended"

What were you thinking

Why were you so harsh

Or did you think I was shrinking ?

Do you know what it takes to live for someone

All life with nothing in return

When everywhere you've reached

Seems like you gotta take a U-turn

How do you say you're the only one so thoughtful

Do you know how these years I spent ?

Every visit where you were brought a tear

And with every tear, all my dreams went.

Your anger spills poison and you know it

You'll regret every word forever

After a million times even

How cant you take a lesson from it never.

This is your way of getting rid

Of your frustration I know

But it wont help blaming me

Your helplessness you just cant show

Dont play the blame game

And dont tell me what erked you so far

Look inside yourself once even

You'll have to go on a war

Drag yourself out of all these petty notes

Your conclusion for others sent

Realize life is not yet over

One day by the window, you'll know what I meant.

Forgive yourself for growing up today !

Forgive yourself for the mind that you have now
Forgive yourself for letting go the mind you had
Forgive yourself one more day for growing up
Forgive yourself for you're no more that glad.

Your brain doesn't cease to ask for more
Your heart only feels when do I reach there
You only wonder am I another year older
A year back that just went, was I nowhere ?

Emotions took over innocence
Goals over Dreams and wishes galore
That good night's peaceful sleep
Got snatched by another penny more

Forgive yourself cause it wasn't you
Who chose to go through the roller coaster
Forgive yourself cause it was time
Who taught you to run behind it being a master

Its not your fault, and you better know that
Its all that giant evil hollow
That took away your calm and serene hat
and left to the rest of world follow

So let it loose, every nerve that you got
Don't blame it on you, if it doesn't go your way
Let all that strain not eat you up
And forgive yourself for growing up today.

The 2 parts of life

There are only 2 parts of life
One's the husband, the other is the wife
One drives the car in anger
The other gets drumsticks and shows a knife

There are 2 parts of life
One's the moon, the other comes out too soon
The moon is just out yet, its hardly even fun
The one who comes out too soon is the sun

The 2 new parts of life are, you lad
One is the good, the other is the bad
Only one of the 2 can happen, why you fear ?
Its not as bad as you think my dear.

Then there are 2 parts of life, Music
Some say its classic
But then there's noise
Some mis interpret it as good voice

Tea, the other part is coffee
Sometimes, coffee is mixed with a little bit of toffee
While tea drives the start of your day
Coffee is the exhilarating force on your way

There are 2 parts of life, The mountains and the sea
The mountains claim of "I", the sea talks of "We"
The mountains show the greatness of heights
The sea shows the warmth of the tides

There are only 2 parts of life, the good and the bad
The ugly and the sad
And the Sane and the mad
The brat and the lad
Humid heat and those peaks snow clad
That homeless guy and then that grad
After all these troubles, you reach home
And then there is mom and dad
In their arms aren't you safe and glad !

So nothing can ever go wrong you know
Even on days when there's too much snow
The heats right at the corner honey
Don't you run behind just money
Remember, there are 2 parts of life only
Both are yours and you'll never ever be lonely.

Ek Zamaane mein mere yaar

Ek zamaane mein Jab gaadi nahi thi,

Tab hum cycle se jaaya karte the

Us zamaane mein hum, 

email ke bajaaye chitthiyaan likha karte the

Jab hum "How do you do" ke bajaaye

"Kya haal hain janaab" poocha karte the

Aur Brb ke bajaaye

Fir Milte hain kaha karte the

Tab hum jab phudine wali chai piya karte the

fir saath biscut bhi liya karte the

Aaj hum coffee peene jaate hain

Aur non-fat Latte farmaate hain

Jab raat ko bhojan mein hum roti aur saag khate the

Fir us baad ek gilaas lassi bhi liya karte the

Aaj koi sehat ka thikaana toh nahi khair

Fir bhi hum Subway jaakar sandwich khaya karte hain

Ek zamaane mein jab daftar ke baad

Ek dost se milne jaaya karte the

Aaj outlook ke calendar pe meeting request bhejkar bhi

Meeting ke liye kabhi late hua karte hain

Jab telegram dwara, Pranam Ma Babuji likha karte the

Aaj phone pe, whatsup mom dad chillayaa karte hain

Ek zamaane mein, jab vaqt ki raftaar ko hum 

Apne kadmo tale roka karte the

Aaj woh zaalim ghadi cell phone tak pohoch gayi hain

Aaj woh saare din computer screen pe

Tick tick kar, bheje mein ek makdi ki tarah

Aakhon se woh dil mein utar gayi hai

Dil ki dhadkan tej ho jaati

Jab "Oh No, its time for a meeting"

kehne ki naubat aati hai

Yaar yeh kaisa zamaana hain 

Naa lete hain saansein, naa hai kahin pyaar

Sukoon se zindagi jiya karte the hum 

Bahot pehle, ek zamaane mein mere yaar

Aamchi Mumbai

....with the noisiest streets and rekdiwala's

A vada pav thela at every nukkad

Ek chinese corner in every gali

And bhel puri wala at every alley

Never sleeping busy streets

The hovering BEST buses at your feet

The 24/7, ticket ticket conductor

And the morning local is your instructor.

Tobacco spits flowing down the walls

Kids screaming at every chawl

With the heat there, you never ever need a shawl

The crowd that makes you trip and fall

The doodhwala bugging the world in the morning at five

Stinks of milk, the first thing you smell

Should he be killed, or should he be left alive....

Dips his hand in the big can of so-called-milk

Who claims zero water in his aluminium bilk

"Bhaiyya ek cutting chai"

He spills it more than half

"Tere ghar mein maa behen nahi hai kya"

That push on intention, didn't make you wonder why

But the cozy air there, revives every minute

The fast pacing life though doesnt let you sit

You yet want to feel all that shit

Cause thats what you've lived with, and its still lit

In your thoughts and memories

That chana chor garam, and hot kachories

The brijwasi boiling rasgulla

The gola and the aamlete, all that hulla gulla

"Madam, boot polish", Ive worn sandals dude !

That kid asks me everyday, thats his prelude

Before my train starts its journey

From Andheri to that road, Churni

The fish smelling compartment

With the fish stinking ladies 

Occupying the entire entrance

Now it feels like deodrant,  uhh maybe men's.

Yeah my friend yeah

its a pretty little city

Our pretty little city

Always will be ours...dont even wonder why

That's precisely why we call it, "Aamchi" Mumbai.