MY POEM '19th JANUARY '

                               

(Photo by Avtar Mota ....A Kashmiri Pandit house in the ghost village Hall, Kashmir.)

I wrote this for 19th January.. 

(19th January)

Aaj ka din hai unn
Rishton  naaton ke naam ,
Kitney  saathi  thay
 Aur dost Humsaaya  thay,
Jin se khela kiye thay  chinaron taley ,
Jheel  Baagon mein aur aabshaaron taley,
Eik zamaana guzar
 hi chala hai magar ,
Unn ki koyi khabar
kuchh pataa bhi nahin,

Aaj ka din hi  hai
unn buzurgon ke naam ,
Haspataalon mein jo
barf ki  seeliyon  pe rakhey gaye
Uth na paaye kabhi,
Ajnabi  Shahar Mein
Aissi  qatil garam thi
Vo   loo Jo chali …

Aaj ka din hai unn
Bholi  bhaali  behan maaon ke naam ,
Jo darindo  ke  Panjon shikanjon se
Astitav Laaj  garima  sanbhaale huve
Bhaag aayi  andheron  mein sehmi huyi
Ajnabi  shehron  mein
Sar Chhupane  ki manzilon ki taraf
Ja rahi raah  pe  jinka
Saanp  se ,
Bichhuvon se bhi  paala padaa ,
Khoob  mehnga jinhe  har nivaala padaa ,
Lekin har  morr pe,
Raah ki  aurr  pe ,
Kabhi  Seeta
Savitri  ya  Durga bani ,
Apni  rasmon  rivaajon  ya  maryaada ko
mushkilon  mein pareshaaniyon mein  bhi jo
ya  bachaati chali
Ya  nibhaati chali..


Aaj ka din hai aisse bachon ke naam
Jin ke hisse mein  dhoop
Aayi nahin,
Jin ke narm o nazuk hathon
Nanhe kaandhon par
Bojh itna padaa
Nazrein jhuukk hi gayeen
aur na dekha  kabhi
Phool ko
 jheel ko
Neele aakash ko ..

Rajneeti ke madaari
ye sun lein zaraa,
 Jo dukaanein chaltein hain
Inn ke dard aur zakhmon ko bech Kar

' Vo Jo  ghar se nikaale gaye thay kabhi ,
Zakhm unn ke abhi bhi
na bhar paaye hain,
Din abhi tak na unn ke
 sanvar paaye hain,
Zakhm par
 Sabz baagon ka
  haseen khwaab ka ,
Jhootha marham  hi  lepa  gaya  aaj tak 
 Tees barson  se  sirf unn-ko   behlaaya  hai
Jhoothe vaadon se hi sirf  sahlaaya hai ……..'

( Avtar Mota )


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