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Fasaane aur bhi hain...

Show me all the tricks. Show me all the sparks. Show me all the beauty in the world and yet I would not want any of it. Not because I do not want it. It is because I want all of it. I want it and I want it badly. I want and want and want. But I want to want what I want badly. I want to have all that I deserve and not something that I do not. I am not averse to working hard. I will work till that last days of my life.
I plan to keep my life simple. Without complications.
Last night a dream. Woke up all cold sweat. Phoned up Didi and talked to her for an hour. Told her all that I could and she was cool. I guess I never knew her. I guess she is great. Just like all the people who have met her over the past few years say. We just have not had any time to spend together and whenever we do we spend too much time on saying the right things.

Din kuchh aise guzaartaa hai koi,
Jaise ehsaan utaartaa hai koi,
Aaeenaa dekh kar tasalli huee,
hamko iss ghar mein jaantaa hai koi.

Tumhaare gham ki dhali uthaa ke zubaan pe rakh lii hai maine,
yeh katraa katraa pighal rahii hai, naa katraa katraa hi jee rahaa hoon.

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