Diya

mitti ka diya jal raha hai chokhat pe
usi se prakash hai
par bhujna toh uski niyati hi hai
thodi chandani chalak ke khidki se ayegi par;
mujhe vishvas hai
yeh vishvas hai toh akhein khuli hein meri
niharti cheezein jo aas paas hein
varan band hi kar lun inhe
andhkar hi toh hai agar na vishvas hai

vishvas umeedon icchaon mahatvakanshaon mein bandha mein
kabhi us andhere mein jhankne ki koshish hi nahi karta
shayad usi mein koi shashvat diya ho
jo mil jata, toh mein kabhi andhkar se na darta
par darta hun; insan hun na, bhagvan nahi
ya ki mein bhi bhagvan hun, bas mujhe gyan nahi
anbhigya mere andar ke diye se dhoondta bhahar mein ujala hun
par kya ki mein utar gaya andar, mila andhera, kho gaya mein
insaan hun, chokhat ke diye pe hi vishvas rakhne vala hun.