Aage Bado

Ladkhadate jab chalna seekha 
Tab kya yeh bola tha, yeh mere bas ka nahi?

Kya hua agar kuch nahi ho raha hain jaisa tum chaho 
Tum woh karte raho jo dil tumhara chahe

Kal ki soch ke kyun aaj tum nahi jee rahe ho
Aaj hi ko jo dhua bana diya toh kal kaise dekhoge?

Waqt ka kya hain bharosa jo ek jagah tik ke nahi rehta
Woh jo is waqt tumhare paas hain usse toh jaane mat do

Dil se aaj ke din toh jeena seekh 
Aur jo lamhe tum jeeoge unhe sameth ke bhar lena anchal main 

Yeh pal bhi tera yeh muskaan bhi teri
Kyunki khushi hain teri tere haatho main

Koi nahi cheen sakta pal yeh jo tune jiye hain
Yeh yaaden teri hain aur tere hi rahenge.

Sting like a bee

A force that pulls me down
Is not a force but gravity playing around

A man that makes me cry
Needs a whack to set him right

For the world conspires to bring us down
Even when we tread the purest of the grounds

Shall I be worried about things that are ominous
Or be be obstinate about a subject of my faith

Shall I be a victim of ostentatious character
Or be impudent enough to break free of the restraint

For the world conspires to bring us down
Even when we tread the purest of the grounds

Yielding was never an option or a choice
Would embrace death with my head held high.

I am what I choose to be
Neither you nor he can let me be

If for you I've floated like a butterfly
Then for myself, I will sting like a bee.

Nirbhaya

This poem, I have taken inspiration from a few events of Mahabharata.

Ilzaam laga hain tumpe, ki tum ne usse uksaya,
Netao ke bhashan sunke kyun phir krodith hoye?
Keh diya toh kya hua, amal toh kuch na kare.
Janta toh katputli hain yeh, khel dekh dekh sooye.
Suno Nirbhaya shashtr uthao, yeh ab kuch na kar paaye.

Dharna nikla, hartaale hui humne baat toh apni rakhi,
Moombatti ki mashaal hain hum, isse bhujne na de kabhi.
Par,
Waqt aaya jab tum aankh moond ke kyun phir chal diye?
Kya hua us raat ka jab jab un sab ke rakhsa ki tum baat kiye?
Suno Nirbhaya shashtr uthao, yeh ab kuch na kar paaye.

Baaton main hi reh gaye, josh sirf chand ghanto ka tha,
Par the jabaaz kahi jo aage aaye, aur sashan ki jaal main phase,
Nikalna chahe bhi toh na sake, jaal main jo ulajh te gaye,
Suno Nirbhaya shashr uthao, kyunki govind bhi sirf kahaniyon main the aaye.