What happened?

I really wonder what happened
That all white turned pure black
Blooming flowers started to rot
Colourful paper burnt to ashes

I think life is just like the river
Fresh water from the glacier
But it lost it's path on the way
The river couldn't reach ocean

It formed into a stagnant lake
Was tortured with pollution
The water has turned black
Lifeless awaiting dissolution

Slice of the moon

I wanted a slice of the moon
And not a tiny one mind you
Perfectly cut edges with knife
For me to sit alone and chew

The moon observed me then
From a distance and smiled
Moon tried to inch forward
But it was restricted in orbit

And I was bound by gravity
So it actually didn't happen
But moon and I remained
Locked in eternal embrace

Moon would peek through
Through half open window
Find me asleep in my dreams
Briefly I'd wake to smile back

Seven drops

A drop of dripping sweat
Of the years of toil in vain

A drop of a drying tear
For the years of silence

A drop of ethereal wine
Intoxication of madness

A drop of fresh wound blood
Of repressed anger and hate

A drop of darkest poison
Of bitterness fermented

A drop of saccharine syrup
The gullibility of ignorance

And a drop of mystery
Of unrequited open ends

Nicely churned and heated
In the flames of life's trials

And there you have it
Recipe for a true poem! 

Ek tasveer

Ek tasveer hi  toh tha j0
Mein kabhi jala na saka!
Lekin baaki jo kuch bhi tha
Sab jal ke raaq ho gaya na?

Ek aur bhi sahi

Itno ko toh mein ne jhela
Abhi tum ek aur bhi sahi
Itne saare armaan tute
Ek tumhare liye bhi sahi

Kitne saare sapne dekhe
Zindagi ne hosh phiraya
Tum bhi ek khwaab the
Neend se jaga phir sahi

Uncertainty

Uncertainty really gets to me

Throwing anyone off the lane

A path generations treaded

Leading to soft, safe haven

Predictable set of outcomes

Uncertainty creates chances

It's fear of unmapped terrain

That keeps the tame ones away

From following beating hearts

Instead most of us just choose

To become a cold, dead dream

Living in fear of unpredictability

I tried

I tried to write a poem
But my clumsy words
Hardly made any sense

I tried to compose a tune
But my hands just shook
Missed a beat on guitar

I tried to write an email
But made grammar error
On the subject line itself

I tried to paint a picture
But my brush fell down
And blotched all colours

I tried to win your smile
But all I got was tears
For solace in the dark

But yes I had tried
In an attempt to live
I survived my errors