should we now be parted, in dreams we might be found

jis tarah sukhe hue phul kitabon mein milen

like dried flowers found in books, fragile, fraying browned

Dhundh ujre hue logon mein wafa ke moti

seek ye pearls of faithfulness in those lost and drowned

ye khazane tujhe mumkin hai kharabon mein milen

it well could be these treasures in wastelands do abound

When Sylvia Plath said, "we should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you."

When Ahmad Faraz wrote and Ali Sethi sang, "aa phir se, mujhe chod ke jaane ke liye, ranjish hi sahi"

When Talha Anjum said, "woh aaj bhi hai muntazir, mukhtasir aik mulaqaat ka, phir kabhi mil payein na"

एक ही कमी है, तू।

Joh itne saalon mein mera na hua, do mahine ke pyaar mein tumhara ho jayega?

Har insaan ki ek fitrat hoti hai.

Mujhse nazrein chupake voh tumhare paas aaya tha,

Yaad rakhna, tumhein baaton mein uljhake voh kisi aur ki baahon mein bhi so jayega.

AZRA TABASSUM (or @5000letters)

from My Heart is Full of Open Windows;