Blackboard I am blackboard Layers of dust on me After all I have been through many storms Read, what is scrawled on me!

Read it and erase it! What is scrawled on me Is not me I am blackboard Scratch not my surface Many a times have I been painted I am blackboard With your gentle hands Erase the dusty words Under the dirt patches Is my identity I am blackboard What is written on me can be erased Caress me gently with your palms Then erase everything That is the dustily scripted on me I am blackboard Then with your heart Imprint something on me Some words that belong So that I speak up Once again Shyam 03 May 2012

Shyam-Patt
Shyam-patt hu mae Bhaut garda hae mujh par Gardisho mae jo raha hu Jo likha hae mujh par Padh aur mita dae fir Jo likha hae mujh par Wo mae nahi hun Shyam-patt hu mae Kured mat mujhko Kai bar ranga gaya hun mae Mujh ko Apne komal hathao sae Dhool bhare akshro ko mita Dhabbo ke neeche Mera wajood hae Shyam-patt hu mae Likha hua bhi mitt sakta hae mujh par Apni hatheliyo sae sehla Mujh ko Fir mitta dae sub kucch Jo dhumil hae Shyam-patt hu mae Apne dil sae fir Aisa kucch likh dal Kucch apne sae alfaaz Ki bol uthu mae Fir sae! Shyam