Talash

yun lagta hai

pichhle kuchh salon se

shab ki siyahi gahri ho gai hai

shayad ek lamhe ko dusra lamha bhi nahin sujhta

zi-fahm danish-war

apne ehsas pe lage zaKHmon ko

mah-o-anjum banae

kisi jadid suraj ke tulua hone ke manzar

masum jiyale

apne zaKHmon ko sambhaale

nae war se bachne ki talash mein

koi kisi ke dosti-bhare safed ghar mein be-fikr

koi kisi ke duaon ka muntazir