CHOWK

Dear friends,
Yesterday I was reading archives of chowk.
Hence this poem.

CHOWK

Ab yeh Chowk khali khali sa rehta hai,
Kahan gaye woh log
Jo is chowk ki jaan the?
Woh reshmi kabab ki khushabu
Bacchon ki kilkariayan,
Burko mein chipe dhadakte jawan dil,
Ankhein churake milte the ek kone mein
Koi kona khali nahin rehta tha,
Har taraf befikri ka mahaul tha.

Har makan.. ab to toota ashiyan hai.
Sapne lahu bankar beh rahe hain.
Ab to har shakhs zinda laash ki tarah
Nayi kabra dhoondhta hai.
Chain to ab kabr mein bhi nahin rehta.
Are bhai....akhar ho kya gaya ?

Ab to bas..sehmi sehmi si havayen,
Chup chap guzarti jaati hai,
Chowk ab chowk nahin raha,
Yahan ab yaadon ka kabrastan hai.
Chand dehshatgar
Maut ka smaman haathomein liye
Masoomon ko dhoondhte phirte hain,
Kyonki massom log palat war nahin karte.

Nichiro