O ye young chap.

Don’t stop.
Fight. Move forward. Lose.
Get back up.
Fight. Move forward. Win.
Don’t stop.
Black. Brown. White.
The color doesn’t matter.
Only your path should be right.
Fight. O ye young chap. Fight.
– Don’t stop.
– Abhishek Gupta.

Paranoid.

Feeling restless,
I’m sitting out in this field.
Looking at the sky,
Contemplating about my life.
From it what have I yield?
Stepping into adulthood, now,
I can feel it, how paranoid, I am.
There are so many things, in my mind,
But there’s no one I could confide in.
Behind this strong, rough face,
There’s a paranoid little chap hiding.
No one cares to ask, what I feel,
So every night, I look at the sky,
Where she comes out,
Listens to all my stories,
All my fears and all my glories.
I consider, in my life,
she has come as a boon,
For I spend my every night,
Talking to her. Talking to the moon.
– Shine.
– Abhishek Gupta.

Raakh.

Wo aag ab sulagti nahi. Raakh jaisa bhi kuch bacha nahi shayad. Raakh jaisa jo bacha ta. Le gaya hawa use apne sath uda kar. Har dard har yaad ko mita dala us hawe ke jhonke ne. Ab ek nayi shuruwat ki oor kadam badhana hai. Tu aur mai liye hatho me hath. Bas ab hume ye ek sath nibhana hai.

– Abhishek Gupta

Storm.

There’s a storm
Outside
As well as
Inside my head.

– A catastrophic storm.

– Abhishek Gupta.

Sabotage.

A toxic relationship.
Bringing unhappiness.
Malevolent humans.
Driven by enviousness.
Away, you need to stay.
From such humans & relationships.
Burn the bridges.
You must’ve heard this, from many.
I say, why burn it?
Destroy. Sabotage. Extinguish it.
To bits and pieces.
Completely. So that the world,
Would see, what can you do,
If they try to hurt you.
You are what you are.
Do not restrain yourself.
Be. What you are.
Do. What you want.
You only live once.
– Abhishek Gupta.

Different.

It’s a hard world to be different in.

Why is it so hard for people to accept other people the way these other people are? Why can’t uncanny be considered beautiful? Why does a person, who’s different, has to be treated as a cast out? Why can’t that different person just stay different and be happy? Why can’t Y’all just let that person be, what that person is?

Stop judging. Stop hating. Stop trying to control.

For the love of God. Just stop.

– Live and let live.

– Abhishek Gupta.

Writer’s life.

We’re going to keep writing, forever,
for, we can never stop,
for, we won’t stop.
We can never be empty,
empty, of emotions and feelings,
’cause, just like a jar,
when it’s empty,
someone comes and fills it again,
and that’s the beauty of it,
of us, of everyone who writes.
They can never stop,
for, it’s an endless loop,
and endless cycle.
We feel. We write. We vent.
We do it all over again.
– Words matter.
– Abhishek Gupta.

Why?

It’s your choice, to choose,
happiness over sadness.
I’ve heard this, from many.
Well, I chose happiness.
I chose bliss, over sorrow.
I chose freedom.
Then why am I still imprisoned,
inside my own head, with sadness?
Why am I still, alone, trapped with rage?
If it was my choice, then,
why am I still drenched in
pain, sorrow, and suffering?
Maybe, ’cause, I chose happiness,
but happiness, didn’t choose me.
– Bipolarity.
-Abhishek Gupta.

Khuda.

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कभी मंदिर।

कभी मस्जिद।

कभी गुरूद्वारा।

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ना जाने कहां कहां।

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तूझे ढूंढते ढूंढते।

करा दे मुझे दीदार तेरा।

करा दे मुझे दीदार तेरा।

– नूर-ए-खुदा।

– अभिषेक गुप्ता।