Nadi

Geetanjali Rai

main nadi huun aur mujhe fakhr hai is baat ka ki main nadi huun

chalte rahna meri aadat hai

apne raste khud banana aata hai mujhe aur achchha bhi lagta hai

main nahin chahti ki koi ek daera khinch ke bata de mujhe

ki ab ta-umr mujhe yahin rahna hai

ek chhota sa gol sa mahfuz daera

jahan na mujhe pattharon se takrana hoga

na hi apne vajud ko qaaem rakhne ke liye rose rose jang ladni hogi

mera vajud sirf paani se nahin bana

meri azadi meri himmat aur mera junun

ye sab mil ke banate hain mujhe aur maalum hai mujhe

ki har-pal har lamha

main us manzil ki taraf badh rahi huun

jahan maut ko intizar hai mera

phir bhi main dhire nahin chalna chahti huun

balki lamha-dar-lamha meri raftar badhti ja rahi hai