Free Tanhai Shayari Examples

The party is loud, my glass is full, Everyone knows my name here. And I have never felt this far away From every face this near.

Two hundred people in the wedding hall, Music, lights, a plate in my hand. I could leave through the side door, And nobody would notice where I stand.

The group photo has me in the middle, Smiling, arms around two friends. Look closer, look at the eyes, That is where the smile ends.

Lunch table, four people, one phone each, We are together the way strangers are. I laugh when they laugh, And feel like I am watching from a car.

In a city of two crore people, I cannot find one to call at 2 AM. That is not loneliness, they say, But I do not know what else it is, then.

Everyone asks how are you in passing, Nobody stops to hear the answer. So I say good and keep walking, A well rehearsed dancer.

I am the one who plans the outing, Books the table, sends the pin. And when everyone goes home laughing, I am the one still outside, not in.

It is 3 AM and the fridge is humming, The only voice awake with me. I stand in its light for a while, Not hungry, just wanting company.

The phone screen is my only window, And nobody is on the other side. I scroll through people who are sleeping, And envy the ones with someone beside.

The night does not judge, it just sits, Like a dog at the foot of the bed. I talk to it sometimes, quietly, And it keeps everything I have said.

The street light outside flickers, On, off, on, like it cannot decide. I know the feeling, little lamp, I have flickered all night, inside.

I make tea at midnight for one, The kettle sounds louder alone. Everything is louder alone, Even the silence of the phone.

The clock says three, then four, The pillow says try again. I am not sad, not really, I just have nowhere to put the pain.

Sleep comes late when you are alone, It knows nobody is waiting. So it takes its time on the stairs, And I lie here, contemplating.

I stopped filling the silence with noise, And found it had a voice of its own. It said sit, you are allowed to, You do not have to earn being alone.

Tea for one, a window, a book, No notifications, no plans. People call this lonely, I call it holding my own hands.

I walked the whole beach without a photo, Nobody knows I was there. And for once that felt like freedom, Not a thing to repair.

Alone is not a punishment, It is a room with the door unlocked. I go in when the world gets loud, And come out when I have talked.

Sunday, no plans, no calls, no guilt, The fan turning slow above. I am learning to sit with myself, And it is starting to feel like love.

The best company I have found lately Is a long walk with no one to text. My thoughts get to finish their sentences, And I find out what comes next.

I used to fear an empty evening, Now I book them in advance. Me, a chair, the sky changing colour, That is my favourite dance.

Two cups in the sink, one is mine, The other from a week ago. I keep it there as evidence That someone once said hello.

The flat is quiet after the guests, The chairs still turned to each other. I leave them like that for a day, At least they have one another.

The room is exactly how I left it, Not a pillow out of place. Nobody was here to mess it up, And the neatness hits my face.

The echo in this house is new, It came the day the voices went. Now every footstep answers back, And every answer is the same lament.

One plate, one spoon, one chair pulled out, Dinner set for a family of me. I still say the food is good aloud, Just so the room can agree.

The bed is too big since you left, So I sleep on the very edge. As if the middle still belongs to someone, As if the empty half is a pledge.

The doorbell has not rung in nine days, I pressed it myself to check. It works fine, nothing is broken, Except the reason to expect.

Alone is where I go When nobody asks twice.

I am not lonely, I am just tired of pretending I am not.

Crowded room, Empty chair inside me.

Some silences are chosen, Mine just showed up.

Being alone is fine, Feeling alone is the part that bites.

I reply to everyone, Nobody replies to me first.

Tanhai is not empty, It is full of everyone who left.

The night is my only witness, And it never testifies.

Tanhai ka aalam kuch aisa hai, Khud se bhi milna mushkil ho gaya hai.

Bheed mein bhi akele hain hum, Shor mein bhi sannata sunai deta hai.

Raat ko sab so jaate hain, Bas ek main aur meri tanhai jaagte hain.

Kisi ne poocha kaise ho, Tanhai ne mere se pehle jawab de diya.

Tanha rehna seekh liya hai ab, Kisi ka intezaar karna chhod diya hai.

Kamre ki deewaron se dosti ho gayi hai, Wahi sunti hain jo koi nahi sunta.

Akela hoon par udaas nahi, Tanhai bhi kabhi kabhi sukoon deti hai.