Ecstasy of a poem

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 "The meaning and ecstasy of a poem are more in the lines which are read, than in the lines which are written."

हम क्या ढ़ूँढ़ते है?

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हम क्या ढ़ूँढ़ते है, हम क्या जाने?

ख़ुशी की गलियों से ढूँढ़ते जो निकले 
जब कट्कटाये तो, वो दर्द के दरवाजे निकले,

दहलीजे पार कर महफ़िल में जो आ पहुंचे 
अपनी मंज़िल के बिदाई पे जा पहुंचे | 

Precious!!

The 'Precious' ring from the epic "Lord of the Rings"

The angel and the devil overheard a gossip that they were supposedly on the list of those who would receive the gift of God. Accustomed to arguments, they set out on another one.
"The gift will be precious. We will have to take care of it."
"What is precious?"
"That we cherish, that we value and that we cannot afford to loose."
"What if it is lost?"
"It is precious, it simply can't be lost."
"Suppose I loose it, what will be the consequences?"
"Oh no! That is unimaginable, drastic, too very painful. A highly precious possession can't be lost, it has to be treasured."
"Come on, for the moment let us consider we lost the precious possession, we lost what we treasured and cherished.  We have felt all the pain. What next? What are the consequences - the after effects?"
"Well,.... in that case,....... Maybe, we will learn to live without it."
"If so, is the precious, so very precious?"

बहता मन

San Rafael Falls, Quijos River, Amazon, Ecuador

मन ये मेरा बहने लगा.....

मिलके तुझसे कहने लगा.....

तुझ तक जो बहके आया हूँ.....

क्या पता तुझसे बह भी न जाहूँ....!?

Assessment.

The angel and devil were in mood for some food for thought.

"You are stubborn."

"Are you sure?"

"You appear so."

"To whom?"

"To me."

"So, the stubbornness is in you."

"How?"

"If not, how else would you assess me so?"

"That is a non sense argument."

 "Here is how it makes sense to me - There is a feeling in you which you define in a particular way, later interpreting few similarities between that definition of yours and few of my actions, you associate its reflection with the perception you carry about me."

"That is a complicated logic. None puts in so much effort to arrive at an assessment."

"If not much effort is put in, how can it be called an 'assessment'?"

The count of stars.

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      The old man watching the sky, tells me he has spent all his nights counting the stars. I call him foolish, and head out to sleep. In my dreams I see my future. I curse the moon as its brightness obstructs me from finishing the count of stars!

'Content' or 'Ambitious'?

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The angel and devil were both in mood for contemplation.

"I prefer to call myself 'ambitious'. And you?"

"I prefer 'Contended'."

"But give it a thought, to not desire is the first sign of failure."

"And to desire always is greed."

"Ambition is a virtue because it leads to achievement of success, progress, development and enhanced standards of living."

"Contentment too is a virtue because it leads to peace of mind, sound health and harmony in life."

"But ambitions fuel energy into our living." 

"And satisfaction is the most fulfilling experience of living."

"So, you want to stay contended with what you have instead of being ambitious?"

"No, maybe I want to be contended with what I get instead of brooding over what I could not."

"But you contradict yourself. When you want to be content, you are actually harboring a desire. The 'desire' to be satisfied. Aren't you?"

"Yes. But, is it really a contradiction. Isn't something missing?"

"Why? What do you think is amiss?"

"Well, maybe they are related as the means and end. Ambition the means and contentment the end?"

"I don't understand."

"Neither do I."

"Maybe I should call myself 'Confused'."

"Maybe, that's what we both are. Neither 'Ambitious', nor 'Content' but simply 'Confused'!"