Guiding Star

 In pursuit of my purpose in life,

I look for your kindred spirit.

Like a lost bird searching for its nest

In an unsettling tempest.

You reside in my heart. 

In ways undeciphered, 

Making it the sacred shrine. 

I worship it as I adore You. 

Like a Devotee in love.

My heart went astray, 

My Soul became Yours. 

I knew not when you became my guiding strength.

My heart was astray, my soul yours.

I am now transformed.

Awakened, I smile as I look up at the stars

Like a Pole Star does not let a vessel sink,

You guide me through Life

In the quest to conquer all answers I seek,

You taught me to look within myself.

Hence, my soul was purified and transformed 

Like Paradise in Your presence. 

For You guided my Spirit 

Like a Polestar does, 

To stranded Vessels. 

But the Quest for my soul, 

To feel you around, 

Kept me awake until it dawned;

Awakened, I smile, for now I realise 

I looked everywhere for You. 

But I forgot to search within me. 

The answers to all questions. 

Your presence and existence, 

Was always in me, where 

You truly belong.

~ Suranya

Flawed

 They come and go with reasons and blame, justified and unjustified.

Some like the autumn rains, some like cyclones, slowly or all at once.

Some stay longer in the darkness of night, tears of remembrance.

But every time it is she who gets left behind in a relationship,

Empty, broken and with nothing more to offer.

She thought she had given her heart to one, her body to another,

Her charm attracted one, her words impressed others,

Was she the one with flaws? Her heart failed to answer her despair.

Everyone had their reasons, she wished she had one.

Putting on her red lipstick, her dress hung around her long boots,

Her heavy makeup made her feel pretty, a perfect disguise for sadness.

She bought herself dinner, danced to her favourite tune,

She took herself out for a long walk, while it rained that monsoon.

The droplets washed away her makeup, revealing her blemishes and scars

She smiled without a care, her boots tapping on the gravel until she heard

A squirmer.

Alarmed, she looked around, at the sound between the dustbins

There soaked and shivering, laid a puppy, scared and alone.

Wrapped in a jacket, she took him home, and it licked thankfully.

Smiling, she realised she found someone, who loved to not leave.

Soulmates, she laughed at the world, perfect in books and movies.

What was more of unconditional love than someone, wagging his tail like this?

~ Suranya

Scar

 I named my diary 

"Thoughts I could not say aloud" 

It makes sense, doesn't it? 

Especially when you seek validation 

And never speak your mind. 

Afraid of being ousted and rejected.

The scars that form on the ink 

Bloated in my teardrops 

Perhaps represents the hurt 

People can never see on my skin.

But someday, years after I'm gone 

Someone will find these pages

Read them like a book 

And know every word 

That I screamed into my pillow 

In regret, agony and tears.

~ Suranya

Sarhaad

 Kyun hai akhir yeh sarhadein 

Humko juda karti huye? 

Jab ke hum hai toh wohi 

Jo sath larre thee, 

Apno ke liye aasu bahaye thee. 

Jab ki hum aur tum

Ek sath hi toh azaad huye thee.

Akhir kyun hai yeh sarhadein

Humko juda karti huye? 

Jab ke humare itihas ke panne ek hai 

Har sarak ek hai har sheher ek hai. 

Jab ki har ek khaane ke swaad mein, 

Kapre ke rang mein 

Aur jagah ke ehsaas mein 

Hum aur tum ek jaise hi toh hai.

Todh do yeh sarhadein 

Jaha har waqt tumhara aur mera 

Koi bhai larta rehta hai 

Desh ke naam pe kurbani deta rehta hai.

Todh do yeh deeware 

Jo kabhi koi Veer aur Zaara ko Milne nahi deti.

Jab ke uss paar koi sheher mein

Ranjha Heer le dastaan batata koi ashiq,

Iss paar kisi gaon mein 

Mirza Sahiba ke kahani

Sunata koi premi; 

Kahani toh humari akhir ek hi hai 

Bas tum aur main do desh bann gaye 

Naam alag bhes alag 

Par akhir ruh toh humara ek hi hai.

Kahi yaha ke lori ka dhun 

Mil jaati hai usspar ki dhun se. 

Kahi iss par ka baarish bhiga deti 

Uss paar ki mitti ko.

Pyar se kyun nahi ek ho sakta yeh duniya humari?

Kyun bichre hum aur tum? 

Insaano ki iss bhir mein.

© Suranya