The Black Hat

Harren found himself thinking he was a mad mage. A naked man with a glowing stick with nothing but a gun and a sling full of mad grapes and large flowers, wandering about in an endlessly dark, black cavern of misleading tunnels

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Zor and Exa

I once sat with him near a drinking saloon with a bowl of ‘Khizmat’ and a mug of beer. It was funny how the best food vendors always parked near the saloons. I asked him plainly where he thought my life was headed. As expected, he said he didn’t know.

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Mai Nahi

दुख तो होगा जब तेरे बालों में उसका हाथ होगा, मेरा नहीं,
तेरी इस मुस्कान का मुक़द्दर वो होगा, मैं नहीं,

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Khoya humne apna hosh hai

आसुओं से कौन रोता है हमारे तो सब सूख गए हैं , 
फ़िरसे इत्ना पास आकर मुक़ाम से चूक गए हैं,
एकतरफ़ा नहीं था ये प्यार, फिर भी देखी है तन्हाई,
रब के सामने भी हम थक गए हैं कर करके दुहाई।

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