Their Story

Amidst the rumbles and ruins, somewhere in History,

Woven with imagination, characters came alive again.

Talking of emotions that were never a part of the battlefields

Nor printed in books.

Of Jauhars and Sakas painting the wall with blood and soot,

Of love, fought for and won over, or secretly withering

In the name of Families and Dynasties.

With dreams to achieve the impossible, 

They told tales of harmony, love and peace too,

Things beyond wars and causes that ruined civilisations

And turned monuments into ruins and names - immortal.

~ Suranya

MSDxCSK

 1. For the team, it was the cup. For the father, it was his daughter's hug. For the wife, it was her husband's success. Chasing dreams was never easy.  But Everyone got their rewards.

~ Suranya

2. The same man. The same ground. A different cup. This time in yellow instead of blue. MS Dhoni. The Known Story.

~ Suranya

The Stare

He stared into her eyes 

And saw a whole Universe 

Full of possibilities, 

Of hope, love and dreams.

She blinked nervously 

And looked away 

Making his eyes shine 

Like stars in that exact same universe 

He had encountered in her.

~ Suranya

Rain of Love

 Dancing in His glory tonight,

Is the Blue-Necked Man.

His rhythm makes the oceans create waves,

His Dumru creates the roar of thunder.

There He is, smiling like a lightning

That hit my heart like an arrow of Kama.

I drench in his love like the earth quenched,

Waiting for the rain in summer.

His hair sways like the floating grey clouds,

There He is, the one who destroys all the sin in me.

He moves to the beat of music,

That aches my heart with longing and pain.

I, the Princess of the Mountain, 

Find myself yearning in tears and smile.

This may just be rain to you, O innocent human.

To me, this is His Love, chosen carefully

With letters from Nature,

Carefully scribing His feelings.

To me, this rain is divine.

Once I was a child, naive and ordinary,

I knew not the word for what I felt.

Yet I was smitten by the ash-smeared Man.

Today, a maiden of sixteen, Gauri waits

Daring to call my emotions, Love.

Tonight, sleepless as I am,

Restless for his words of approval;

Prakriti answers me, in unspoken verses.

He is Mine, as much as I am His.

Beyond time, name, identity and fate.

Love is our eternal truth

And as long as Shiva exists,

So will his Sati.

~ Suranya

Maybe Not

 Remember those rains?

When you're drenched in love, 

Quenched your desires in each other's smile.

Remember those summer afternoons, 

When the ice lollies felt like heaven.

Remember those sunsets you shared?

Or the number of songs you dedicated?

Remember that feeling you called forever?

That ended in a fleeting moment?

That relationship you named love?

But didn't know how it felt?

Perhaps termed it a mistake.

Laughed at it over a few drinks?

And moved on to yet another one.

Same places. Same memories.

Remember that smile that reached the eyes?

The silences that spoke a thousand words.

Maybe not.

~ Suranya

Ehsaas

 Ehsaas teri kamzori nahi

Usme lafzon ka hona zaroori nahi.

Par Dard mein rona zaroori hai bohot.

Pyar mein khona sabak hai sikhati

Jo paana chaho wo milna zaroori nahi.

Khud ko samajna seekho, 

Apne ehsaaso ko apnana seekho

Dil ke chingari jalake

unko apnana seekho.

Tere Ehsaas teri kamzori nahi.

~ Suranya

Home

 You have lived like a wanderer for too long,

Find a home in me.

Let me take you to places, where the night meets the day

Dawn and dusk are the magical realms of dreams.

Let us explore feelings we never knew

Of love, hope and belonging

Where loyalty is still in fashion

Where the world and its ways do not affect us.

For Love is abundant in you and me,

It is the strongest feeling of all,

Gifted by Him who makes and breaks us.

~ Suranya

Lover

O Lover of Light, where do you hide?

Why the darkness engulfs me?

O Lover of Tolerance, where are You?

Why is Humanity fading fast before You?

O Lover of Life, why no Jasmine blooms 

In Your Garden of Peace anymore?

O Lover of Love, bring back the rainbows

In this cloud of gunpowder smoke.

Make the Earth Your Abode again,

With Love, For Love.

~ Suranya

Raindrops

Raindrops shower Love. Not many can see it. Raindrops reach the earth, soaking her after a long wait to meet the sky in vain. Raindrops talk to the soil. Perhaps tell her stories of every mountain they saw as clouds, every sea they were picked up from. Raindrops fall in joy. To wash away the dirt from every leaf. Bathe every little bird. Raindrops wash away some pains, too. As it touches the skin. It leaves behind a trail of memories... Perhaps never to be wiped!

~ Suranya

Their Love

His heart still thumped every time he saw her waiting at the steps.

Her cheeks still blushed every time he searched the crowd of women for her.

Twenty years. It was just a number. The beginning of a journey to eternity for their life. friendship and sacrifices. And a Love immortal.

~ Suranya

Identity

My salty tears turn themselves into oceans of turbulent emotions.

In the darkest night when the moon cannot shine through

Even the most transparent of souls.

The cloud of doubt engulfs me like a thick blanket

Overshadowing the rays of Hope.

You refuse to come to me, O Sleep!

That takes me to lands beyond my mortal reach.

The soul feels caged in the human body now

Perhaps waiting to be released.

I seek an Identity beyond a name,

My hands reach out into the darkness in vain.

I only find names, titles, relationships

That chains my soul further to mortality.

In the play of hide and seek

You remain hidden from me tonight.

O Guiding Star! Bless the Fakira with your glimpse.

In the darkness and shadows that dance with light

I weep over thee like I would for a loved one.

I feel restless to be near Your warmth

But tonight You act like a stranger to me.

Like a curse you took away my dreams with you

Perhaps stole my sleep alongside.

Why, O why, am I your chosen one?

Who am I? What do I seek?

My heart drowns in a sea of question

Over my lost Identity.

~ Suranya

Shore

The wind still blows past my water,

Whispering undeciphered words to me.

Perhaps all that we could never say.

The waves still crash on my shore

Reminding me of memories we shared,

In the strongest of storms.

The hope we thrive on, the "what-ifs" that haunt us,

The sky witnesses our story

Unsaid not unheard.

A love lost in silence yet immortal

The Land and Sea smile at each other.

 

~ Suranya

Heer Ranjha

O Heeriye,

Teri rah dikhe yeh Akhiyaan 

Yeh aasu kahe sunn 

Mere dil ki dastaan. 

Teri ore chal mann 

Dhol shehnai sang 

Tujhe le jaega yeh 

Tora Ranjhna.

O Ranjhna mere, 

Dil ki na sunn 

Kahe dunia saari 

Dil tutta hai bohot 

Dard deta hai 

Isko na karne de havi.

Teri ore chala yeh

Kaise roku isse main.

Dil pe chadhe rang 

Preet ki saari 

Tu bhi aaja.

Mere rang mein sama ja

Jag karde gerua saari.

Mujhe na bulao 

Na behlao phuslao 

Samajh na aye yeh 

Preet ki bhasha. 

Apne mann ko tu 

Na de jhuti dilasa.

© Suranya

Missing

Most of the time, You don't miss a person or a place; Just the feeling attached to them.

~ Suranya

Rain Romance

 Damn, the thunder and rain, 

Reminds me of you again and again.

They say the rain is romance 

Walks hand in hand, drenched in the chance.

All it reminds me of is people 

Every time they left me, 

In promises and pain, 

The cloud poured down my tears in vain.

© Suranya

Choice

 My Love was as vast as the sky, as abundant as the sea.

I was turbulent as the waves, you were my calm shore

My solace for the day, for my waves to crash into you.

I tried to fit into your silence and calm myself like you.

I realised that in your choices I lost myself,

The silence was never my thing, I was always flamboyant.

I moved away with the tide of time,

As I chose happiness, in Me.

~ Suranya