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When death smiles at you

Do you resuscitate a leaf turning yellow? Do you attach it back piece it back, take it to triage? Do you bandage it two rounds left, one round right? Do you opt for a transplant? A transfusion is in order for a photosynthesization to happen for life to happen once more one more season, oneContinue reading “When death smiles at you”

The Hardest Thing To Do Is Sleep

Night beckons. You lay down on your bed, constantly tossing your pillow and bolster. You get up and get back down. You get up and get back down. You repeat the motion hoping that this will lull you. You get up. Your body reasons with you. Maybe it’s the heat. It is the El NinoContinue reading “The Hardest Thing To Do Is Sleep”

2065

Oma Why live in the past? Why do you not forget? Because I cannot forget nekhed When the past lives in me the pain etched on me still the black ink fresh the number tattooed on my left arm No longer ein mensch But a number- 2065 Convicted to a slow death. Oma What didContinue reading “2065”

Destiny

I am destined for the Hellfire. I am destined to die, to be punished for my sins. There is no salvation for me no saviour that will save me. The only good that I will leave behind is my absence that will be filled and shared by the existence of another stranger whom I doContinue reading “Destiny”

To be a better man

To be a better man you ought to believe in a God that you are nothing but a minion your strings orchestrated by invisible fingers from the above. You ought to cover up that void in your heart with a Surah, a Doa, make it seem whole and pure once more. You ought to prayContinue reading “To be a better man”

Let Her Go

“You only know you love her when you let her go. / And you let her go.” – Passenger ‘Let Her Go’ This morning, I woke up and I remembered. I remembered your voice, that sweet Australian accent of yours. I remembered your height, how you were half a head taller than me. IContinue reading “Let Her Go”

You still do not care

Pigeons falling down Suffocated to death, yet You still do not care. The sun can’t be seen Bleak future lies ahead, yet You still do not care. A forest destroyed Hectares of lives burnt down, yet You still do not care. He covers his mouth Silent obedience, yet You still do not care. She letsContinue reading “You still do not care”

In Separation

Picture-Perfect Family A Beautiful Portrait Mother, Father, Daughter Yet, no smiles. The child. Makes or breaks, Tragic that it has come to this. The woman. Shows strength in subservience, Gives gift in giving. The man. Masculine only in the mind, For his heart feels for the feminine. The real sufferers are the innocence The innocenceContinue reading “In Separation”

Anticipation

Think of it like a pocket watch. that is forever waiting in the hands the hands that will not stop moving but will continue to move regardless the time and with every numeral it passes a beat is made. but it doesn’t stop the hands keep moving the beat stays constant with a slender metallicContinue reading “Anticipation”

Yucks!

We fear more than we love. We shrieked and we run away from what disgust us. There is nothing wrong with that. Disgust is a natural and reflex action. It keeps us on our toes. It keeps us sane. On the train ride home yesterday, I was oblivious to my surrounding. Given that it wasContinue reading “Yucks!”