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When the moon shines over us

To help keep the darkness away,

When the twinkle in your eye

Shines brighter than the diamonds in my ear, 

When the stories you tell

End with happily ever after, 

And when you put words 

to my silence, 

Why do we need love? 

When we have everything, 

Do we still need love? 

Global Warming

Yes, I can see it in your eyes,
It's getting too hot to handle.

Agar tum mil jao

The owl is my friend now.
He watches over me
When my eyes search for sleep
He stays awake
When I go looking for the sunrise
He chuckles disapprovingly
When I talk of love and lust
He smiles at me
When I tell him that I am strong
The owl is my friend now.

The owl is my friend now
He flies by my side
No matter how long the distance
He opens doors to new horizons
No matter how much I like the dark
He conveys my messages to the other side
No matter how sad or tortured
He listens patiently to my vengeful declarations
No matter how laced with cruelty
The owl is my friend now.

The owl is my friend now
Or so he would like me to believe.
But he has no answer when asked
If the night and day
Are really true good friends...

Aaja khele, khel wafa ka

What if we changed the rules of the game
And searched for that which cannot be found.

What if we packed up our love
In a small, beautiful box,
Closed it and wrapped it
And let it fly away.

Just like the music in the head of a deaf person,
We are numb with realisation,

That there is something greater than love. 

the way i was

i must have fallen asleep
after we touched and kissed and made love,
i must have fallen asleep
for i dreamt that we were one in a world of twos.

troublesome twos,
two pennies for your thoughts,
girls who are twice as nice,
and boys who are two and twenty.
early morning conversations till two o'clock,
and one-by-two coffees.
wallpaper that comes with second thoughts,
and light grey bedsheets for two bodies
that shall merge; but never become one.

yesterday someone told me
the story of him and her.
when she asked him
why they cannot be married
he answered,
marriage, my dear, is the union of two souls;
and how can we marry, my dear, when we are but one.

this is a story of the way i was.
i was a two

and now i am the one.

khamoshi ki awaaz

i believe in silence
when someone tells you they love you.
i believe in ignoring authority
when someone you love bestows cruelty.
i believe in destroying evidence
of a lover's marks on your willing body.
i believe in cursing
when your hot hands touch me.

i believe in faith that transcends the people i love,
i believe in showing kindness to those
who put me on pedestals,
i believe that the only way to prove your love
is to never say the words out loud.

i stood before you today, a fighter,
ready to face your accusing eyes.
little did i know
that you would send a colossal army of weapons
to fight against one lonely woman's heart.

gustakh dil

after being beaten and bruised,
pulled apart and left to burn,
after having your limbs go weak
because the pain is unforgiving;
after being taught a lesson,
with morals and unforgettable dilemmas;
after you have been thrown to the lions
that feast on sad eyes and sad stories,
after you have walked the road
alone
without light or luck, song or soul,
after you have known misery
that gets etched into your skin,
after you have been kicked and punched
slapped and thrown and spit upon,


after you have been abandoned,
it is a strange thing to be wanted.

demanding and supplying

No matter how strong the reason,
Or how great the deception,
No matter how deep the sadness
Or how uncontrollable the tears are,

When you hit the water
Feet first, needles piercing through skin,
The only thing you can think about
Is the cold.

The mocking cold,
Sharper than an unforgiving slap,
More welcoming than death.

My horizon is beyond the ocean.
Where you stand
Tall and as proud as a greek hero.

I will try and swim towards you,
But the darkness will take me away
Before you can take care of me.

hand on your head, hope to love

just like the sky
never really gets completely dark,
with a little light glowing

even in the deepest of nights,


i have seen now
that your only friend
when the darkness attacks,
is your lonely faithful shadow.