अँधेरे बाँटने को...........

आज फिर विभावरी की सेज पर,

जब चाँदनी इठला रही थी ,

तभी तारों का एक जमघट

व्योम की परिधि फांदकर ,

बादलों से लड़-झगड़कर,

मेरी खिड़की पर आ बैठा,

और पुकारने लगा,

मानो माँ का कोई झिलमिलाता आँचल,

चार पहर के विरह के बाद,

मुझे आलिंगन में लेने को,

व्याकुल हो रहा हो ।

मैं भी रोज़ की तरह  ,

अपनी एकाकिता के कमरे से निकल ,

अम्बर के उस अपरिमित समुच्चय को,

संजो रही थी ,

अपनी भीगी-भीगी सी नम आखों में |

कालिमा के घेरों में लिपटी वह हर एक बिंदु ,

टिम-टिम करती ,सिसकियाँ भर रही थी,

सुलग रही थी ,

अभियन्तर,

और भीतर ,

धधक रही थी,

उदासी परोसते उन गलियारों को

रोशन कर रही थी |

कि तभी टूट कर बिखर गया एक तारा 

यकीनन,किसी ने कुछ माँगा होगा |

फिर भी वह विमलाभ-कान्ति,

शांत है ,

निस्पंद है ,

और आंसुओं का बांध टूटता भी है

तो कभी धरा की प्यास बुझाने को,

कभी बरबस ही मन को रिझाने को 

ऐसी मूक शहादत

भला कौन यहाँ देता है....

कौन कहाँ  देता है......

अभी भी झाँक रहा है,

वो जमघट मेरे आँगन में,

भेद रही हैं उसकी शीतल किरणे,

मेरे अंतरतम को,

मानो अँधेरे बांटने को ,

कोई साथी मिल गया हो......... 


~सौम्या 

Few Little but Favorite Moments /Things

Having read many Favorite-things-list,here comes mine (in no specific order)

1. Papa making tea for me and mamma :D (though it's once in a blue moon but still you love it)
2. Mamma chumpy-ing oil on hair :)
3. Pillow fighting with siblings/friends :P
4. Getting wet in rains and then having pyaaz ke pakode with adrak ki chai :)
5. A quiet beachside walk in the night with the wind blowing softly
6. Giving a cute smile to a kid or a baby stranger :D
7. Tripling on Scooty/Bike
8. Driving at more than 60km/h on Highway
9. A hand made Greeting Card :)
10. A hand written letter :)
11. A simple "Good Morning/Good Night" message without any forwarded text
12. Finding money in your pockets after the clothes are thoroughly washed away
13. Crayons
14. Gel pens
15. Parle-G (yeah,my favorite :D)
16. Waking up at 2:00 in the night and finding something to eat
17. Writing your name on a fogged up mirror/car window or on sand
18. Bonfire in winters
19. Laughing so hard that you start to cry
20. A call from a distant dear friend
21. Looking at Old Photo albums/Reading Slambook
22. Old faded but favorite jeans
23. Vacants in Time-Table or a surprise official Off :D (like the one we had today :) or bunking the class(es) and outing with friends
24. Dairy Milk on a gloomy day
25. Window Shopping
26. Watching sunset with a cup of strong coffee,and thinking absolutely nothing!
27. Roadside food (esp chaat and golpappe :D)
28. Reading a romantic novel in lamp light with few soft tracks in background
29. Your favorite song playing in radio
30. When all of a sudden you come to know that some so and so was doing your "Peeth peeche taareef" :P
31. Gifts,both getting and giving :)
32. A really soft pillow
33. Waking up and realizing you still have a few minutes left till the alarm sounds
34. Mamma ya Papa ke haath se khana khana when you slept early or you are ill and you are 19 :D
35. Yelling yourself hoarse when India's winning and doing totkas when it's not :P
36. Calling a friend's name aloud when her/his crush is passing by :P
37. A total stupid,baseless,irrelevant conversation with some cool,idiot people you call 'Friends' :P
38. The 'Traveling' part of a trip
39. A sincere apology and an unexpected Thank you note
40. The last five minutes of a ridiculously boring lecture and then immediately rushing to the water cooler
41. Eating in class,when the teaching is on :P
42. Taking a photo at exactly the right moment
43. Chocolate Cake
44. Smell of earth after downpour
45. Sleeping under the stars
46. Laughing at something silly that you did
47. An honest Compliment/Appreciation by someone who really matters
48. Childhood memories
49. A beautiful dream in the morning hours,which you manage to remember
50. Talking about cartoon/comics that you read as kids with someone who read them too(Champak,Tinkle,Chacha Chaudhary,Flintstones,Teletubbies,Tom and Jerry. Anyone?)
51. That 15 minutes nap in Exam time
52. Holding hands without thinking :)
53. Rains,Snowfall
54. A Hug,when you need it most
55. School teachers who still remember you
56. Getting someone a present which they long desired and watching the look on their face as they open it
57. Tears of joy
58. Revived and nicely pressed cotton clothes
59. The sound of flowing water
60. Birthday Wishes
61. Turning off all the lights,looking into the starry sky and thinking life's good :)
62. Power cuts and then gathering on terrace/ground-playing,talking etc etc
63. Bookmarks,Reminders
64. Blessings
65. That feel good factor when you see someone's smiling and you know You are the reason behind it :)
 

PS: Okies so this is all what I could think of now. I know there are countably infinite awesome things that could be added to the list.Will soon come with another one :)

 ~Smiles :)