What if I say, I don’t care anymore? What if I say it not in rage, But in the hush of giving up? What if I say life means nothing? What if I say the meaning? Has melted like sugar in stormwater? What if I say I’m ready to give up? What if I say […]
I don’t count my friends in numbers I count them in echoes— The ones who laugh when I laugh, Who clap when I only whisper dreams, Who don’t ask why when I say “What if we built a bookstore on the moon?” They say, “Yes, and let’s paint it warm grey.” They are the soft […]
I long for the love that I don’t have. I yearn for the home that does not exist. Where fingers trace stories on windows of rain, And silence sits soft like a kiss on the wrist. I wander in places my feet never touched, Where moonlight remembers the names I forget. The hearth I imagine […]
Sitting out there in open Among the broken pieces of my wall of creativity Fluttering of paper Falling of stones The earth is still shaky… Not too much! It’s a gentle lull. A lull…to keep rocking those who are sleeping into deep sleep. Not that ferocious like it was in the morning That moment when […]
Many of us face this problem of staying focused. We know that we are writers. We know that we have to write. We know that we have to put all the ideas teeming in our mind, on paper (or computer). But the minute you prepare yourself to write something, your hand doesn’t move. Or more […]
If you are reading this post, it clearly means that your heart tells you to write but you do not know where to start from. You have what it takes to be a writer but you are hesitant due to various reasons. https://shemabukhari.com/that-monster-called-writing/ Guess what? Focus Matters! Routine Helps! Yes, it sounds clichéd, but this really […]
“I can talk for hours. Just scribble down what I say. I am also proficient in chatting. But don’t ask me to write.” Of course, it sounds familiar to many of us. Why is writing such a dreadful thought? Why most of us cringe at the idea of writing even a simple application and come […]
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 […]