zaat ka aashura

zaat ka aashura

shish jehati rukh
yaad e maazi ka
hanstay chehray
pur'fiza mausam
rukhsati 
rotay dil
aur matami haal


zaat ka aashura*

sepia photos
fading postcards
wish-you-were-here
past allures
romances
aches
grimaces
the pain we imagine
to inflict on selves
not imagine
recall

*day of self-flagellation