Aaj bhi yaad hai mujhe wo shaam,
jab pata chla tha mujhe tera naam.
Kitni khush thi mai, maano kya mil gaya ho mujhe,
shayad usi pal apna dil de dia tha tujhe.
Yun to suna tha ek tarafa pyaar, kitabon me,
pata hi na chala kab mai doob gyi tere khayaalon me.
Zindagi ka rootha hissa ab khil-khila ke hasne laga tha,
meri bevajah muskurahat pe logo ko shak hone laga tha.
Yaad hai hamari mulakaat, jab mile the ham pehli baar?
us din fizza me tha ek alag hi pyaar ka khumaar.
Tune jab thaama tha mera haath,
mjhe yakin tha tu dega mera saath.
Par achaanak kuch hua ….
Teri tasveer meri nazron me dhundli pad gayi,
aur kambhakt..,
meri neend khul gayi.
_Laxmi Mishra
Roorkee, Uttarakhand