58.दीप कही था कही थी बाती

एक ऐसी शाम निराली
दीप कही था
कही थी बाती 

तरस रहे थे 

मिलन को दोनों 

पर किस्मत उस दिन 

उनकी  थी  खाली 

आग लगी थी 

दिल में  उनके 

धधक रहे थे 

सुलग रहे थे 

बिछड़   के दोनों 

सिसक रहे थे 

मन ही मन में 

समझ गये थे

वो बात सुहानी 

एक दूजे बिन

उनकी कोई नहीं कहानी ।

ek aisi shaam nirali 

deep kahi tha

kahi thi baati

taras rahae thae

milan ko dono

par kismat us din

unki  thi khalee

aag lagi th

 dil mai unkae

dhadak rahae thae

sulag rahae thae

bichar k  dono

seesak rahae thae

maan hi maan mai

samajh gayae tha

wo ek baat suhani 

 ek dujae bin

unki koi nahi  kahanai

बिनीता झा 

57.CANDLE of HOPE

Pack Up!!
The Gongs of Destiny Announced.
Forcing them to Flee
At Midnight Hour.
Thinking the phase would pass Soon,
They took refuge in a Hotel's Room.
Fate had other Plans
Normalcy in the Valley
Was not meant for its Clan.
Resources Dwindled,
Poverty Swindled,
Hardship and Hopelessness Reigned
Refugees they were called in their New Domain.
A little Girl of fourteen than, knew it Well,
She had to bring her Family out of this Hell.
CANDLE of HOPE burnt strong in her Heart.
Armed with just a High School Mark Sheet,
She Challenged Life at every Meet.
Night and Day She burnt the Midnight oil
For Completing her lessons, She did toil.
Traversing on Foot 
She crossed several Miles
Managing to earn Enough
To Improve her Plight.
Now She and her family are Well Placed
Having Successfully Crossed
The Barricade of Troubled Days.
And even Today  She Spreads
Warmth in the Air wherever She Treads
Teaching Us never to  Despair
Reminding Us Nothing Stays.
Rekindling the Burnt out Fire in our Heart
Like a true CANDLE She Lights our Path.

By Binita Jha

56.कोई ........नहीं

कान्हा सन कोई प्रीत नहीं 

                       रूठ कर उनसे कोई जीत नहीं 

उनके  धुन  बिन कोई गीत नहीं

उनके बिन कोई रीत नहीं

उनसे   सुंदर कोई मीत नहीं  

 कान्हा सा दूजा  कोई प्रीत नहीं

बिनीता झा 

55. भूखल

झरना अछि भूखल

नदी सँ भेंट लेल

नदी अछि भूखल

समुद्र सँ भेंट लेल

भूख ओकर ओहिना

भूख सँ व्याकुल फेर

उर्री गेल आकाश

बनि गेल ओ मेघ

बरिस पड़ल फेर आई धरती पर

करै लैल झरना स भेंट

ई भूख छी प्रकृति के देन

आई भूख स नै बची सकल कोई

की झरना की मनुख

बिनीता झा

54.तनहाई

 आँखें फिर नम हुई 

 मन फिर  हूँआ   परेशान 

बात पहले भी कुछ नहीं थी 

बात आज भी कुछ नयी नहीं  है
मुखौटे  में  मुस्कुराता है हर चेहरा
लिये दिल में गज़ब  की तनहाई ।

53.Destiny

Destiny engraves itself at every birth
Embroiling life with its gingerly touch
Solemnly we follow all her calls
Taunting adversities fighting with fate
Impregnated with worries life lives in a dismal state
Nauseated we may bow to the predestined
Yet yearn to rise above Fate and Destiny.

By Binita Jha

52.Poverty

Darkness
Enveloped  the crude reality
Which in the daylight
Stood out stark and bright.
Huddled sat
The mother and her child

 Clad barely in  rags for their bodies to hide.

Merciless Cold Winds

Ripped them apart

Yet the two sat in a tight embrace
Shivering non stop
 In their pitiable state

Weary and famished

They fought for life

Consoling each other
Hoping for better days

Trying not to succumb
To their physical state.

But

One Cold Morning The Young Life

Could take it no more
The mother was left with incessant  tears....

In  her lap

Was her Cold Child.

Sacrificed

To Abject Poverty.

By Binita Jha