Some books tell us a story, while some books make us stop for a moment and feel something. Mere Khayal by Dr. Sunil Anand belongs to the second kind. It is a collection of poems filled with thoughts, feelings, love, silence, dreams, memories, and the small truths of life.
The title Mere Khayal itself feels very personal. It means “My Thoughts,” and that is exactly how the book feels while reading. It is like entering the poet’s mind and quietly listening to the feelings that have been living there for a long time.
What I liked about this collection is that it talks about emotions that are very common, but not always easy to explain.
Sometimes we feel happy without knowing the reason.
Sometimes an old memory suddenly makes us emotional.
Sometimes we miss someone but cannot tell them.
Sometimes we have a lot to say, but still remain silent.
And sometimes one small moment stays in our heart for years.
Mere Khayal seems to come from these kinds of moments.
The poems are not about one single journey or one single emotion. Every poem has its own mood and its own little world. This gives the collection variety. One poem may make us think about love, while another may remind us of an unfinished dream. Another may take us towards the realities of life.
This is what makes poetry special. A poem does not always need a long story. Sometimes a few simple lines can carry a feeling that would take many pages to explain.
The book beautifully explores love in different forms.
Love is not always about perfect moments and happy endings. Sometimes love is found in waiting. Sometimes it lives in memories. Sometimes it is hidden inside words that were never spoken.
The innocence of a first meeting is one such feeling.
There is something very special about meeting someone for the first time and not knowing what place that person may later have in our life. A small conversation, a smile, or even a simple moment can become a memory that stays with us. The poems seem to understand these soft emotions. At the same time, Mere Khayal is not only about happiness in love. It also touches the pain of unfulfilled dreams. Everyone has dreams. Some dreams come true. Some take a long time. And some remain incomplete. An incomplete dream can leave a strange feeling inside us. We may move forward in life, but somewhere that old wish continues to live quietly.
I think many readers will be able to connect with this feeling. Another thing I liked is the importance given to silence. We usually think that feelings need words. But sometimes silence says much more. There are moments when we want to say something but cannot find the right words. There are also feelings that become weaker when we try too hard to explain them. Poetry gives those silent emotions a voice. This is one of the reasons the collection feels personal. The poems seem to speak for thoughts that many people have felt but may never have expressed.The book also talks about life itself. Life is not always simple. There are good days and difficult days. We meet people, build relationships, lose some connections, create memories, make mistakes, learn lessons, and continue moving ahead. Along the way, our thoughts keep changing. The person we are today may think very differently from the person we were five years ago. That is why a collection of thoughts can also become a collection of different stages of life. Some poems may remind readers of their younger days. Some may bring back the memory of a person. Some may make them think about a decision they once made. And some may simply make them sit quietly for a minute.
For me, that is one of the nicest things poetry can do. It does not always have to give us an answer.Sometimes it only needs to make us feel. The emotional nature of Mere Khayal also makes it the kind of book that can be read slowly. It does not feel like something that needs to be finished quickly. You can read one poem and stop. You can think about it. You can connect it with your own life. Then you can return to the book later. In this way, every reader may experience the same poem differently. A poem about love may make one reader smile because it reminds them of someone special. The same poem may make another reader emotional because it reminds them of someone they lost. That is the beauty of poetry.
The words belong to the poet, but the feelings slowly become the reader’s own. I also liked the idea that the book is not trying to tell the story of only one person. Although these are the poet’s thoughts, the emotions can belong to many of us. We all know what it feels like to hope. We know what it feels like to wait. We know happiness. We know disappointment. We know love. We know loneliness. And we all have memories that return without warning. This human connection gives the collection its warmth. The title becomes even more meaningful because our “khayal” or thoughts are rarely simple. A single thought can carry a whole memory inside it.
We may hear an old song and suddenly remember a person. We may visit a place and remember something that happened years ago. We may see the rain and think about an old moment. This is how the mind works, and poetry often captures these small movements beautifully. Another good quality of this collection is that its themes do not belong to any one age group. Young readers may connect with dreams, first meetings and love. Older readers may connect more deeply with memories, time, relationships and the truths learned through life. Every person can find something different in these pages.
For me, Mere Khayal feels less like a formal poetry collection and more like a quiet conversation with the heart.
There are emotions we tell everyone. There are emotions we share only with a few people.
And then there are emotions we keep completely to ourselves. Perhaps poetry begins with that third kind.
It gives shape to feelings that were once only thoughts.
Overall, Mere Khayal by Dr. Sunil Anand is a heartfelt collection for readers who enjoy simple, emotional and thoughtful poetry. It explores love, memories, silence, dreams, feelings and the changing paths of life.
It reminds us that even ordinary moments can carry deep meaning.
A meeting can become a memory.
A dream can become a poem.
A silence can hold an entire conversation.
And a thought can stay with us for a lifetime.
The message I carried from this book is very simple:
Not every feeling needs a big story. Sometimes one honest thought is enough to touch the heart.
Mere Khayal gives those thoughts a place to live.
And somewhere between its words, readers may not only discover the poet’s feelings — they may also find a few of their own.
