dastaan e hayat

dastaan e hayat i

mala
lamhouN kay motiouN ki


dastaan e hayat ii

joo'stujoo 
sukoon ki
       farar
maut say


dastaan e hayat iii


umbilicol cord
                 disconnects
grave
                 connects


dastaan e hayat iv

pampering - dastaan e hayat

journey
                  pampers
                  pampering
                  and for survivors
of violence and mayhem
                  more pampers


dastaan e hayat v

ik lam's
          aur
shikayataiN tamaam
          unqaa


dastaan e hayat vi

khalish
           apnanay ki
paanay ki
           lay jati hay
kahaaN kahaN



dastaan e hayat vii

infants
         crying
         cackling
         crawling
         walking
         running

and sooner than...
telling parents
'you know nothing....'


dastaan e hayat viii

our stories
pearl strings
weaved by desires
hunger, whims and
jokers in the deck

bonds broken
cut cord
not to be reconnected
but the longing only
cured by death


dastaan e hayat ix

borne of passion - 
(infatuation or love?)
cry, smile
           to the last sigh
a tale
written on a pebble
to line 
           the vast shoreline
           of existence