वह क्षण अक्षुण था, चिर अनंत
आरम्भ न था, न कोई अंत
जागृत रात्रि के शोर सा
वह सूर्य था गोधूलि का
रश्मिरथी से वह परिचित
मेरे जीवन का सार निहित !
एक शिशु सा था ताकता
हतप्रभ सा मुखमण्डल उसका
फिर पिता सा भी डाँटे वो,
जग से विरक्त मेरे भाव क्यों ?
द्रवीकृत शशांक का त्वरित क्षण
कुमुदनी सा अधखिला मन !
रेत का एक कण ही था
वह क्षण तो बस एक क्षण ही था
नाद-स्वर की थाप सा
स्याही की अमिट छाप सा
झरनों सा गिरता कल-कल
मूँदी आँखों में ठहरा पल !
A moment!… I lived a year-long moment. An entire year has just passed with a blink of my eyes, because I lived it the way I wished it to be. Or, can I say it turned out to be beyond my expectations? Be it good or bad, 24th June, my birthday, was such a moment for me, a year-long moment. From 2017 to 2018, I lived many lives of evolution, self realization, nil-desperadum, spiritual attainment and even a debacle at the end. That’s what life is all about, a vicious circle of fulfillment and void.
It’s my propensity to write birthday poems for the most special people of my life. I’ve written many for my parents and my daughters. Today, on my 50th birthday, I’m writing for myself. For the first time, for a day which ought to be special, but was the saddest one, as I was all alone on its eve. Both my heartbeats, my daughters were away…and I visualized a 365 days long year as a moment…वह क्षण…
Pic Courtsey: fineartamerica.com
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