Thoughts on wheels

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More thoughts from rail journeys

Thanks Apurva Bahadur for the images

आप की तस्वीरों ने तो रूखे सूखे से शब्दों को जैसे बारिश की मस्ती से भिगो दिया है

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Sunsets at the train door are ever endearing,

Half moon somehow makes an early appearance,

Together, we see the unending and unbothered tracks,

The vast openness offers its hand,

To walk together and share silences,

The green, brown and blue around nod in agreement,

Heart gets clearer on what it wants,

Like I do on such evenings, I hear, or do I hum,

Kahin door jab din dhal jae ~

 कहीं दूर जब दिन ढल जाए

Image: Apurva Bahadur

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Moon and stars as if run with the train,

While the Trees below, stand still,

Their silhouettes darker than the sky,

Lights afar, yellow and white, caress poles and roofs,

Time floats with the rythm of wheels on tracks,

Music that flows into silences,

Once in a while, a river changes it all,

And reminds one of a more recent beauty,

Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai, main kisi pul sa thartharata hoon ~

तू किसी रेल सी गुज़रती है, मैं किसी पुल सा थरथरता हूँ

Image: Apurva Bahadur

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Earlier musings on trains

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