Aatmhatya (suicide/ in hindi- killing one's soul)

Woh saal hi aisa tha

sab predictions yehi kehte the 

sookha parega aisa ke ankh 

taras jayegi ansoo ki ek boond ko bhi!

har cheez par ayegi aisi museebat ke

har koi mangega panah!

qudrat jisko hamesha abuse kiya

us ma ki tarah
jisko hamesha gaali di

par jab usne apni rehmat chheni 

tab samajhe
qayamat kisko kehte hain!

aise waqt me rishte kaise phalte?

na barish ki woh mehak

na nami

bas har taraf
thaka dene wali 

ankhen chaundhyane wali dhoop

aisi dhoop to khadi pakki faslon ko bhi sookha deti hai

phir mera rishta to tha bhi aisa nazuk

kya jaana tha ke barish ki boond ke intezar me 

yeh sookh jayega

aur phir khabar wohi ayegi hamare baare me akhbaar me

ke ek kisan ne phir ki aatmhatya!

najaane yeh log isko aatmhatya kyun kehte hain 

hatya to jism ki
karte hain na

aatma to amar hai

na jalti hai

na rukti hai 

na thehri hai 

na dabi hai kahin

noor ki boondo me se ek boond

jo sada behti rehti hai

phir na koi sooraj usko jala paya 

na qudrat khatam kar paayi usko

aur na hi maut!