HANGING IN BETWEEN

HANGING IN BETWEEN SOCIAL AND HUMAN

Hanging in between social and human
Why we have to embrace only one?
I am the segment of society
Yet I don’t get liberty
People have storms building in
For the contentment I am achieving
Why can’t they be a part of merry making?
Why are they freaking and fretting?

Hanging in between social and human
Why we have to embrace only one?
If I opt for being human
Community can’t let it happen
If I try to be social
My psyche doesn’t give me approval
Feeling suffocated why I am a human?
Or should I say why I am an Indian woman?

Hanging in between social and human
Why we have to embrace only one?
I am the helpless fish
Have to capitulate to your wish
I am the epitome of sacrifice
Lord please plant the seeds of peace
I have to hoodwink my conscience
To dwell on the social lines

© Priya Jain

I DON'T WAIT

I dont wait for anything any longer
The falls (of tears) which used to flow…
 flow no longer
I dont wait for anything any longer

In the village of eyes,
Dreams used to come in the nights,
Which flowed when touched,
Which spoke when spoken to
But how can one trust flowing dreams
I don’t wait for anything any longer

The days when you were here,
My eyes had sunshine
Now there are cobwebs everywhere,
Even they are going to leave me soon
The soothingness after pain t
hat used to be there…
is there no longer
I don’t wait for anything any longer
The falls which used to flow…
flow no longer
I don’t wait for anything any longer

© Priya Jain

कहीं तुम में मैं तो नहीं???

तेरा लिखा
मैंने पढ़ा
मानो लगा,
मेरे लिए ही लिखा हो

तेरा कहा
मैंने सुना
ऐसा लगा
मुझसे ही कहा हो

वो आवाज़ में खनक
वो नाक से खिसकती ऐनक
वो सस्वरपाठ में ठहेराव
वो ख़यालो का बहाव

वो शब्दों का चयन
वो गहन लेखन
वो सांसों की ध्वनी
वो चेहरे की रोशनी

वो दिल में उमड़े अरमान
वो चमकता अभिमान
वो थोड़ी सी हिचकिचाहट
वो कविता की सजावट


वो हज़ारों खव्याहिशें
वो अनकहीं रंजिशें
सब में मैंने खुद को पाया
सब में मैंने खुद को पाया

कहीं तुम में मैं तो नहीं?
वो हर शक़्स,
जिसने तुम्हे पढ़ा
क्या यही पूछता है,
कहीं तुम में मैं तो नहीं?

© प्रिया जैन