Thoughts

हाँ दीवाना हूँ मैं
चलती हो तुम जैसे
अपनी नयी हर चाल

समझ लेती हो कैसे
मेरे बिना कहे ही
तमाम अनकहे ख़याल

या फिर बिन बोले ही
आँखों ही आँखों में
पूछती हो सवाल

होंगें बहुत हसीं यहाँ
अमित इस दुनिया में
तुझसा नहीं ज़लाल

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 75

your sharp wit makes a
clean cut to the heart of your
ardent admirer

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 75

She looked at the word then exclaimed: “That’s why I’m attracted to you. It’s your intelligence. I so love your brain.”

“Well,” I replied, “I was hoping there was a bit more of me you liked apart from my brain.”

“Oh there is, there is,” she retorted, “I love the way you say things, I love the way you walk and talk, how you look deeply and sensitively into things, you are so different to the other men I have had in my life.”

I put my arms around her and suggested we play another game of scrabble. I was a bit of an obsessive about scrabble, and she knew it. I could understand why she was reluctant, as she just couldn’t compete with me and got frustrated when I put down a triple point word.

“How about we have lunch,” she suggested, “I’ve had enough of pandering to your…