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- May 27, 2021
Riyaan and Farah
“What is someone like me doing with someone like you? “What are you doing with someone like me?” “Don’t look at me like that, Riyaan!”...
- May 26, 2021
A Lot Lonelier
Everything is the same but, It feels a lot lonelier today. With too many thoughts, And no one to listen. With too many moments, And not...
- May 25, 2021
Intimate
The moment you tell someone that they saw them in the dream, doing a certain thing, saying a certain thing, looking in a certain way....
- May 22, 2021
Invisible Bubble
I find myself pushing, A little of me everyday, Outside of this invisible bubble, That surrounds me lately. The more I step out of it,...
- May 21, 2021
Karam and Alaaya
“Ufff. Can’t you come here through the door? Ammi and Abbu know about you! Get in!” “Adventure, jaan-e-mann! And if I came through the...
- May 20, 2021
Zoya and Zubair
“Hello? Helllooo?” “….” “Zubair” “….” “Zubair, I know you’re there. It’s 5 in the morning. What’s wrong?” “Zoya. Why is moving on so...
- May 17, 2021
Between Arrivals and Departures
I sit here, Amidst Arrivals and Departures, In this journey of life, That promises to be an adventure for a lifetime! I sit here, Waiting...
- May 14, 2021
Until It’s Safe
Wrap me up in the dark sky, Take me away with the wind, I don’t want to live with me anymore, Hold me until it’s safe. Cradle me with the...
- May 13, 2021
He Said / She Said
He says, he wants to be the metaphors of her poetry, She says, she’ll try to find something as lovely as him to make him the metaphor....
- May 10, 2021
Existence
Existence. We here, alive. They there, dead. Yet, existing somehow, somewhere in this vast space. Unaware of what comes next. Just...
- May 9, 2021
Source Of Happiness
Most days now, Go in search of hope, Or happiness, Within and in the world. Somedays, I find it, In people I love, And somedays, In the...
- May 8, 2021
How Are You? Really.
This post I found on Instagram today, Talks about 24 different ways to ask “How Are You?” But, I think instead of telling me how to ask...
- May 7, 2021
Enough
I want to ask so many things to you, But time stops me, I am tired of doing so much, Yet not enough for me. So, I wonder if I should...
- May 5, 2021
Anachronistic
It’s almost anachronistic, Us, in a way, From the very beginning, isn’t it? I almost left that apartment on the Seventh Street in...
- May 4, 2021
Poetically Scientific
Scientifically speaking, They say an average adult heart, Is approximately the size of two clenched fists. Poetically speaking, I don’t...
- May 3, 2021
Years Later
If you find yourself immersed, While reading a random book years later, I hope you figure out, That the words are written just for you to...
- May 2, 2021
When Words Aren’t Enough
He asks me, “What happens when words aren’t enough?” I laugh and tell him something he might already know, “There’re no conversations,...
- May 1, 2021
Jumping Frequencies
I’m not here, I’m not there, I’m lying in the middle somewhere, Trying to catch a vibe or two, Jumping frequencies in this world blue....
- Apr 30, 2021
No Poetic Justice
Now, no words, no poetry, Seems to do the poetic justice, I deserve. Can someone tell me, If they ever made sense anyway? image from...
- Apr 29, 2021
No Purpose
There’s no purpose to this, Is there? For all the words I’ve been writing, That keep failing me somehow, Making me feel so insignificant,...