Nayi Zindagi

एक नए ज़िन्दगी के चाहत में न जाने क्या क्या छोड़ आये
अपना देश, अपना घर, अपने लोग  छोड़ आये।

इस ज़िन्दगी  के ढेर तरक्की  पर हम ख़ुशी से झूम न पाए
 जिनसे ख़ुशी बाँटते थे उन्हें हम  पीछे छोड़ आये।

इस ज़िन्दगी के हर ग़म  में खुद को अकेले रोते पाए
 जिनसे दुःख बाँटते थे उन्हें हम पीछे छोड़ आये।

इस ज़िन्दगी की  हर दिवाली, हर  ईद, हर त्यौहार सूनी लगती है
  जिनसे त्यौहार बनते थे उन्हें हम पीछे छोड़ आये।

इस ज़िन्दगी का हर दिन, हर शाम अधूरा लगता है
क्योंकि ज़िन्दगी देने वालों को ही  हम पीछे छोड़ आये।

                                                                                       (c) Swati Venkatraman

I wish I was the still the one

I wish I was still the one.

The one who danced with you in ecstasy.

The one who held your hand in doubt.

The one who hugged you in pain.

The one whose smile made your day.

The one who knew your deepest nightmares and darkest fears.

The one you cherished, laughed with, believed in, lived for.

I wish I was still the one you loved!

                                                                                                   -(c) Swati Venkatraman

                                             

A new world

Close your eyes dear mom, take a deep breath
Bustling all day, you probably need some rest.

Let's travel to a new world- just you and me
Furl me around and walk with me I plea.

A world where you do not toil for a living
And spend each day with me just laughing and singing.

A world filled with books and rhymes
Chirp of birds and sweet sound of wind chimes.

A world where you sing lullabies each night
Soothing me to sleep, holding me tight.

A world where I get all your time.
A world where you are just mine.

Dil Ki Baat

एक  ज़माना था जब यह  दिल धड़कता था,
एक जमाना था जब यह दिल प्यार भी किया करता था ।
अब तोह वोह  टूटना सीख गया है ,
आॅसू सुखाना सीख गया है ।
दिल अब बस ख़ामोशी चाहता है,
चन पल की तन्हाई चाहता है।
                                                                                           -(c) Swati Venkatraman

A Tale of Love

Clandestine mornings. Passionate nights
Teary conversations. Desperate times
Tales of love. Epics of Deceit
A walk by the lake reliving memories.

Together they dreamt of the future unseen
A chalet by the river, patter of tiny feet
A lifetime they lived in those eight months
Ruthless.Carefree. Unabashed.

An end was inevitable they knew
To this journey that was too good to be true.
To the brutal worldly odds their love did succumb
A lonely abandoned life in the times to come.

A day will dawn they oathed
Their love will reunite and soar.
Carved in the future so long
An end together is all that they longed.
                                                        - (c) Swati Venkatraman

Love you.. no more

The day you yearned to be boundless and free,
Severing every bond from me.
Abandoned with a heart so sore,
For I knew
Like I love you, I can love no more.

Comforting parents; Warm friends.                  
Nursing a heart that refuses to mend.
Hazy mornings; Sleepless nights.
For I knew
Like I love you, I can love no more

Wedding bells will bring respite.
With time the pain will subside.
A doting wife, a perfect wife I feigned.
For I knew
Like I love you, I can love no more.

Then I held his little body in my arms.
Kissed his head; Gave him warmth
A heart filled with love so pure,
Then I knew
I will love him more than you, each day, more and more.