Against the Light...

Be-inteha mohabbat se bulaya tha...
Apne hi rang me dubaya tha...
Aaghosh me yun jakad ke  rakha mujhe...
Mere hi vajood se begana banaya tha...
Kisi ne khidkiyan jo kholi...
Roshni ne har su ek jaal sa bichaya..
Jise apne khwabo ki ta'seer samjha tha...
Usine mujhe mere ashkon me bhigaya tha..
Ek lamhe ka wo safar aaj bhi yaad hai mujhe..
Jab noor ke aamad-o-raft me khada tha main...
Koi shikan nahi thi chehre pe mere...
Badi tasalli se khud ko hi qabr me litaya tha...
Aaj ek ajeeb sukun hai yahan, sard sa...
Kisi ke awajahi ka koi malal nahi...
Ebaarate azadi sa azad hoon main...
Jis din, dhadkano ko maine, murakkhas kiya tha...