Hardik Vaidya Poems

Between your bickering bravado
And if you do get a chance
Do think of me drowned dead,
In the deluge of your tears
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The lone dog barks,
In the pitch black of a night otherwise silent,
Housed by the din of insects,
Broken calm akin to shards of shattered glass,
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Ped ke Har patte kee hatheleeyon Ko sahlaa kar
Unpar kheechee lakeeron ke rahasyaa se aachambhit
Madhosh main Unme mohobbat Ko dhoondtaa hoon.
Koun see lakeer dil kee hai, Koun see maya kee
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I have seen you a million times over
Ever fresh with the dew of life
Lingering on your gentle infinite self
As if Cupid struck your being
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Aaj kuch yoon hee dil ne chahaa,
Sadiyon kaa moun tod Doon.
Tumhaare jane par,
Aasmaan kuch is tarah phataa saa dikhegaa,
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I am fine.
What's up?
The usual, routine chime.
I cannot break my silent mime,
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You laugh
At your cenotaph
Whilst within you
Entrenched and rich
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You drip down,
Seeping into me,
Every single drop
Holding within them, oceans of you
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I do not want to praise you,
I do not wish to be seen right.
You have your rights to see me wrong.
I am not here to be your chaperone,
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The vagabond,
Who lives on the outskirts of my town of vagabonds,
Is told he is not a vagabond,
Hence not welcome.
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