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हमने हमेशा भीड़ को दूर से ही देखा
जो आगे बढे तो नदी ने रुख बदल लिया
जो सोचा पानी बन कर शराब में घुल जाऊं
तो शराब पानी बन कर उनका जानाशीन हो गया

जो सोचा दरवाज़ा खोल उनको घर बुलाएँगे
आज उनकी हर अदा को पलकों पर बिठाएंगे
तो मेरे यकीन ने अपना शहर बदल लिया
जो सोचा पानी बन कर शराब में घुल जायेंगे
तो शराब पानी बन कर उनका जानाशीन हो गया

जो सोचा मुस्कुरा कर सबको गले लगायेंगे
कल की बातों को भूल कर आज को आज अपनाएंगे
तो बेरहम ज़िन्दगी ने आज नसीब में नहीं दिया
जो सोचा पानी बन कर शराब में घुल जायेंगे
तो शराब पानी बन कर उनका जानाशीन हो गया

जो पंख लगा बादलों संग उड़ना चाहा
तो परिंदों ने हमसे मूह मोड़ लिया
जो सोचा मछली बन पानी में लहराऊँ
तो उस साल बादलों ने दिल तोड़ दिया


जो हवा बन कर पत्तों को छूना चाहा
तो पतझड़ ने पेडों को सूना कर दिया
जो सोचा पेड़ बन ज़मीन पर बस जाऊँ
तो ज़मीन ने जड़ों को बेदख्ल कर दिया
जो सोचा पानी बन कर शराब में घुल जाऊं
तो शराब पानी बन कर उनका जानाशीन हो गया

May Fly

To be a may fly,
To live for one night and die
To live your life in a day
When the sun shines make hay
While the rain pours grow rice
Burn in the fire and freeze in the ice

To bring warmth to the ones you love
By burning every ember in you
To remove every lock and every cover
That holds your dreams from coming true

To give till you have nothing left to give
Till you become the grains of sand
To open up your life and live
Till you become the vast open land

To laugh like its the last joy you'll see
with an open heart and mind
To laugh till you choke in the deed
and then laugh at a limitation that kind

To feel pain as if its torn your body and soul
Like you're bleeding without and within
To hurt like you died before reaching your goal
Like destiny failed you for no sin

To live like you'll live for a day
And will never see the next may
To live like you're the rising wave
That hits a rock, makes the earth quake
And the next instant it falls apart
Like a million pieces of a broken heart
And within an instant its out of sight
As if it never saw the light

To live like a may fly
To live for one night and die
To do it all in one day
Like everything there is, is today!

The Golden Mean

Don't be a wave so big that you can ruin many hives.
Don't be a wind so strong that blows away love and lives.
Don't be the torrential rain that kills the starving and the full.
Don't be the heat of a flame that rams on like a raging bull.

Don't be a flower so pretty that bees die in its lust.
Don't be a river so wild that breaks a mountain down to dust.
Don't be the hungry predator that kills for fun and not for food.
Don't be the rabid friend with a wild unpredictable mood.

Don't be the vengeful lover
who kills if he can't be loved
Who loves more than he lives
And takes much more than he gives.

And yet don't give like the selfless mother
who gives her life and heart and soul
and lights up the darkest rooms of life
to be forgotten when her wax runs out
and scraped off the floor with a knife

Be the golden mean
Never an end or an extreme
Balance the pain and the smile
The honesty with the guile
The love with the hate
The punctual with the late.
The truth with the lie
The confident with the shy

Walking on the middle of the path
Ensures more safety from the wrath
The edges could imply
That rules cannot defy

The mean is golden and rich
because its the safest path on which
the ends look clearer and defined
The heart's ruled over by the mind.