मोहब्बत भी अज़ीब हैं

मोहब्बत भी अज़ीब हैं....
उसकी मुस्कान से हो जाती हैं
और उसकी आंखो मे खो जाती हैं

मोहब्बत भी अज़ीब हैं....
दिल की सुन लेती हैं
ख्वाब बुन लेती हैं

मोहब्बत भी अज़ीब हैं....
लफ्जो का सहारा लेती हैं.
और लबो को बंद कर देती हैं.

मोहब्बत भी अज़ीब हैं....

(चिराग)

It’s been long that I wrote

It’s been long that I wrote
Long enough to make you feel that I am gone
To the weirdest realm of life
From where came back none!

It’s being long that I said how much I love you
For not that I have stopped loving
For not that I have stopped living
The dreams that we saw – together, once.

It’s being long that we sat together
Hand in hand; eyes in eyes.
You and me, all alone in the darkest nights
Hugging each other and bidding goodbyes.

It’s been long, I know
For I miss you all the same
Now that you are in my closest vicinity,
So close, that I don’t even have to take your name.

Come, once more
We have many more dreams to realize
Together, that we dreamt one day
From the depths of hearts, let us rise
Again, and live those wonderful moments
Come, once more
Into my arms – slowly but surely
Like olden times.

I promise, I will write more
I know we will love more
A few steps you take forwards, I’ll take a few
My heart is still filled with love
And, I love you…

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peeling

We walked along the stream

of counterfeiters and vendors.

Canal Street on a Thursday morning.

I held our bubble teas,

one in each hand,

while you worked on peeling

a half-drunk coconut.

Laughing, I followed

as you pointed at each guy

whose clothes I would look better in.

I laughed because you were so serious,

coconut bits covered and Canal Street scented,

minutes away from a job interview in SoHo.

I had to clean you up before you walked in.

You kissed me goodbye.

You were wearing my hoodie.

Five hours later,

you gave it back,

coconut bits-less and you-scented.

I can count the deeds and feats

I did and laid like roses shaped napkins of

surrender before your feet.

Like fragile bubbles floating

from toy guns wielded by foreigners along the canal.

Against your skin they burst violent

but so small they go unnoticed.

My deeds and feats,

they went unnoticed.

I can count the seconds in each

of the 5 hours.   The 5 hours we were apart.

When I didn’t know

you changed your mind.

I can count the months

I left the hoodie in my car.

Coconut bits-less and you-scented.

I washed it recently. 

It hangs deep in my closet.

I walk along Canal

past bargaining counterfeiters,

past foreigners wielding plastic guns.

The past as distant as the months

and 5 hours since.

The old stream still runs beneath the street.

And the air carries your scent.

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I - Part 3

I guess a few hours might have passed by the time I woke up again. I was still in the same chair. Guess no one cared about me.
When I saw around, papers were flying all over the place. A sense of being in a massacre came to me.
So I stood up and went to the room hoping to see that man or that woman.
En route, the guy came towards me and said "You should not be here. You have to leave right now". Saying this he dragged me towards the wall where a map was put up.
He showed me directions on how to leave the building.
And he vanished to nowhere.
I had another glance at map and found where to start.
So I started to run towards the first exit which led to a set of steep stairs that lead downstairs. I could have gone but there wasn't any light in the staircase. Fully dark.
Then I recognised another exit from the map.
So I ran towards that only to find another steep staircase that led upstairs.
A sudden loss in my energy made me contemplate whether I could climb those.
But then that guy emerged from nowhere and said "you'll never make it that way. Follow me". He led me to a place which looked like a loading dock. It had a wooden sledge on a track and a cable that was suspended from the ceiling. I understood what we are gonna do.
He allowed me to take the seat so he can push from back.
He then started pushing while I gazed around. It looked like only the two of us were inside the building.
Papers flying everywhere. When asked what's happening all I got was "trust me, you don't wanna know". God give me strength, I thought while being pushed around.

It was a palace. Full empty. The track moved across the rooms throug holes only large enough to accommodate the height of a sitting guy.
When going through that hole, the guy kept crouching and commenting about the features of the place we were entering to. But none entered my head.

Then we came to a wall. So high and I could hear the seas more clearly now. It was an open area that looked like an outer compound. He stopped talking and came beside me and said "you are going to go through that wall now. Do not be scared. You will have a safe landing. This is best and fast way outta here". While saying this he started strapping me to a belt that was attached to the base of the sledge.
Landing? I wondered.
My head nodded without my consent.
Taking that as an yes he pushed me. I went through a curtain and was shocked to see the view out there. It was like a rollercoaster ride. I was at least 200 ft high and the drop was almost 85 degrees down.
And I couldn't stop the sledge. It went on.
I must have touched at least 50 mph speed but then the curve angle started reducing and started moving more forward towards the land. By the time I reached the water I was gliding above it.
Now I could have a clear view of what was moving around me.
Cars. "Strange" I thought.
Yea, cars that floated on water.
I felt a sudden jerk and came to know that the track ended. Yet I was gliding over the water speeding towards land. I was very much surprised because the speed of the vehicle kept increasing. I looked down and I saw that the sledge had now turned to a vehicle attached with a powerfull motor.
It was too much for my brain could take.
I fainted again. The last thing I saw was nearing the docks.
When I regained consciousness I was been walked to a room in a house. There was a couple seated beside a dining table in that room.
The moment I saw them I realised they were my parents.
And the next thing I knew, I woke up.
Gosh! The entire series of events was just a dream.

But I now have a very strange feeling that it might not be.

To be continued!

you are literally

I misspelled your name and found the word.

It was real: the kiss.

I felt the soft… the moisture behind your upper lip.

The weakness behind my chest,

the empty in my stomach.

You asked why I didn’t do it sooner.

You kissed me again.

And it was real: this kiss.

You reached for my right hand,

our fingers interlaced,  your left hand.

Then we walked.

The worn wooden planks, discolored

like the sky above the unfamiliar boardwalk.

I sensed the sand of the beach made white by the night.

I felt where the sand touched the discolored sky.

The beach of white reaching for blue hues.

The ocean between them trembling in waves.

I felt where our hands touched.  It was real.

I counted the tangle of our fingers.  Your soft palm,

the moisture… but I knew.

So I squeezed until I woke up.  And I woke up.

My hand was empty.

I misspelled your name and found these words.

It was a dream but it was true.

I felt where my hand touched my sheets of blue hues.

I trembled, sensing the ocean between us.

The girl in my dreams.

I never kissed you.  I never told you.

But I want to. 

Really do.

Wish you knew.

Words are true.

They’re for you.

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Four Famous Cities of Pakistan.

Just to give you people an insight of the real Pakistan..

Karachi:

Karachi is the heart of Pakistan, Easily the biggest city with a population of 13,052,000 (2010). It was the previous capital of Pakistan and a massive metropolis with a cosmopolitan lifestyle. Karachi has absorbed the charm and beauty of modern and conventional way of life. What makes the city more proud is the fact that Quiad-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was born in this city and his mausoleum  is the identity of the city.

It is the most populous city in the country, one of the world's largest cities in terms of population and also the 10th largest urban agglomeration in the world. It is also known as the city of lights and the bride of cities due to its liveliness where people from all over the country come for jobs and labor. Other famous places of Karachi include state of the art Air Port, The famous National Stadium, Tooba Mosque, The National Academy of Performing Arts, The National Museum, Karachi Expo Centre. The Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex is the largest food street of Asia. It is located near the Arabian Sea and  once It was the world's most popular silver-sand beach and health resort during 20th century.

Islamabad:

Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan and was built in early 1960. The city is more famous due to the political hub, beauty, cleanliness and more Importantly the location in the beautiful Magrala hills which are regarded to be one of the earliest sites of human settlement in Asia.. Faisal Mosque of Islamabad is the biggest mosque of South Asia and sixth biggest of the world. The famous places for food and cafe' are Jinnah Super Market, Blue Area, F10 Markaz.

The city is a developed one and divided in different sectors. F-9 sector is called Fatima Jinnah Park which is one of the biggest in Asia. Some of the famous places of the city Include Daman-e-Koh, Monal, Shakar Parrian, Islamabad Zoo, Rawal Lake, Khanpur dam lake, Pakistan Monument, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Golra Sharif. Islamabad is home to the some of the top-ranked universities in Pakistan, including Quaid-i-Azam University, Air University, Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences and the National University of Sciences and Technology. Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad is one of the world's largest universities by enrollment.  The Saudi-Pak Tower is an example of the integration of modern architecture with traditional styles. The beige-coloured edifice is trimmed with blue tile works in Islamic tradition, and is one of Islamabad's tallest buildings.

Multan:

Multan is one of the oldest cities in the Subcontinent Indo-Pak, this peculiar due to almost never-ending history of religion and politics for near about five thousand years, according to many historians it is the oldest city with a history in the modern world. Multan is the City of Saints. It is also known as the City of Sufis and Madinah-Tul-Oleyah due to the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city. It is also known as the City of Mangoes and produces the most juiciest of mangoes. The people of the city are polite and the thing that differentiates Multan from other cities is the calmness.

It is also a city where the five rivers of Punjab meet.  Multan is famous for its crops: wheat, cotton and sugar cane as well as mangoes, citrus, guavas and pomegranates. The best part of the city are the shrines of famous Sufi saints like Bahauddin Zakaria, Shah Shamas, Shah Rukn e Alam etc. According to Hindu legends, it was the capital of the Trigarta Kingdom and stayed a power house after that. Multan is also one of the hottest cities of the country. It has a population of over about 3.83 Million, making it the sixth largest city in Pakistan. Nishtar Medical college and hospital was once the largest in Asia, The parks such as Cantonment Garden, Jinnah Park, ShahShamas park are the biggest in the country. The State Bank of Pakistan, BZU Campus, Arts Council building with and auditorium, MGM, Multan Railway Station building the famous Clock Tower building of the Multan Municipal Corporation are the other worth places of the city.

Lahore:

Undoubtedly the heat of Pakistan, Lahore is the second largest city of the country and one of the most densely populated city of the world. A legend based on oral traditions holds that Lahore, known in ancient times as Lavapuri. It is the City which never sleeps and also known as the City of Gardens thanks to the Mughal Emperors. Lahore also has a rich cultural and architectural history which goes back over a millennium. Lahore has a lot to offer, including, from its popular film industry known as Lolly wood, Mughal and highly ethnical architecture to the most hospitable culinary fiestas, Lahore has a breathtaking charm and charisma that enchants every one that happens to be in Lahore.

 It is the city of happenings and colorful events, Festivals like Basant, Spring Flower Festival, international Theatre and Film festivals and a lot more that adds the colors of vibrancy, animation and joie de vivre to the city full of energy and life. There are many places you can visit in Lahore and you can go on and on with the names, The Badshahi Mosque, Mausoleum of National Poet Allama Iqbal,  Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, and the mausolea of Jehangir and Nur Jehan are popular tourist attractions for the city. Golden Mosque; 13 Gates of Lahore and Lahore Zoo are also visited by people. The National College of Arts is a place where people all over the world come to learn the modern arts, whereas many famous universities are also in this city. Food Street of Lahore is the most famous in Pakistan which people mostly visit after midnight.