HAPPY TEARS A few happy tears For the time when we were unapologetically happy. For the days when 18 Turkish Lira felt like unlimited wealth, When a cup of tea, a shared meal, And long conversations Were enough to make the world complete. A few happy tears For Ali, Whose face lit up at the […]
There was a timeI was a hopeless romantic,not the tragic kind,not a soul made of sadness,just someone who believedthat feeling deeplywas a form of loyalty to life. I had passion then.For things people now call small,but never felt small to me. Independence Day felt like a heartbeat.National Day was a festival,not a date on a […]
(A Song for Resilience) I fought my wars on my own, No drums, no banners, no throne. Kept searching faces in the crowd, A shoulder, a hand, a soul unbowed. I whispered prayers into the air, Hoping someone, somewhere would care. But silence was my oldest friend— It stayed with me until the end. It […]
They say,“Don’t stress. You’re healing.”But no one tells the seato stop drowning the swimmer. It wasn’t just the fever.It wasn’t just the cough.It was the months that followed,where my bones became battlegroundsfor things I couldn’t name. I tried to forget them —those who made my name feel small,my worth conditional,my presence a problem to solve. […]
Phased OutNot ghosted,Not erased—Just slowly faded from the frame.Like background noiseWhen the conversation shifts.I was never the center,Never the spotlight.All those fights—Not for anyone,Just me shouting at the void,Just me proving I could bleed and still move.I achieved.Despite it all.Without them.Beyond the common sense.Now I watch the scene blur.Phased out from peopleWho never saw the […]
A flare reaches the skies Leaving a trail of blazing stars and smoke The trees, the forest floor flooded with the glare and haze The smoke gradually disseminates to reveal two heaps of broken stars on the ground. Two fulgors reach up from the two broken heaps, Swirling dizzyingly; the brightest and shiniest fulgors Move […]
So you aspire to become a writer but scared of your own skills? Have you picked a pen or open a Word document many times but got distracted by every other thing in the world? And yet again you can’t sleep at night because the thoughts in your mind push you to pick a pen […]
Photo Credit: Salman Alam Khan Sometimes I like to pull myself inside of my head and run to all the unknown places. Every turn, bend and way leads to a new destination from past and present. Explore every thought, every feeling. I hold my tongue and do not speak. Can words do justice to what […]
Why are you sad my little heart? when you have two eyes to see the magnificent mountains, When you have the soothingly glee waves of sea, When you have enchanting shadow-play of trees, when you have the mesmerising tingling of wind on your skin, When you have the cool wetness of the beach sand under […]
They took away my eyes when I just started dreaming. But I didn’t stop. They took away my ears when I just started understanding the music. But my soul was fed on the fuel of music.They took away my tongue when I just started uttering my opinion. But my muse kept on rejuvenating with every […]