Al-Wahaab – The Giver

The house of God is as royal as the highest throne of the world and as ordinary, as a shop on your street- You visit it only when you need something. You stand in-front of the Keeper, ‘𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙮𝙚, 𝙟𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙮𝙚' while the helpers (farishtas) wait on standby. There’s a queue outside this shop, and...

Hope Is Like The Morning Sun

Every night, I lie on the bed with 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 eyes, staring at the ceiling, behind a locked door and 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 window. The blank walls somehow resemble me, bearing cracks of different sizes left by different men in different ways. Yet, here we both are - standing tall, holding the house 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 when we have every...

7 Half-Lessons That We Learned

As children, we had enough people telling us about rights and wrongs. Each story has two versions, each coin has two sides. We learned one half of the lessons, but we forgot to carry the other half. • We learned languages, but not the art of communicating. • We learned to keep our surroundings clean,...

Red for Kashmir

I remember the last time we met. You wore my red stone ring, while handing me a red rose. But more than the meeting, I remember how you left, leaving me sobby, red-eyed. Even the sun was red while setting, neither of us could digest parting. So here, I am, desperately waiting hours, days, weeks...

8 Truths That Every Writer/Poet/Artist Must Know

There will be days when you feel like you have churned out the best piece of writing. And there will be days when you feel as if you're an utter disappointment. Don't let either one get to your head. You are trying, and that is all that should matter. The number of Likes or Comments...

A List of Unrelated Things Connected Through A Picture

i) You understand real loneliness when you’re in a room full of familiar people, and yet feel like a stranger. You can sit with a hundred companions in a straight line, and yet struggle with chaos. You can sit like that single pigeon and yet be your best company. ii) Mumbai has always been a...

8 Things That You Need To Stop Feeling Bad About

1) Walking out of a situation which is a threat to your mental peace, especially with people who make you feel guilty for something that is their fault. 2) Correcting someone who is elder to you. It may be your parent, your relative, your teacher, your boss, or anyone else. Just be courteous. 3) Taking...

Poetry, Wearing Your Face

On days like this, poetry comes to me with a handful of lies and a mouthful of promises, returning to me like I'm the last resort. We both remember how it left the last time, barging out of my heart that was once its home. Poems know, walking away always hits like an abuse. In...

Distance

Last night, you and I lay on the terrace under the open night sky. I was there. You were there, too. It was a good thing that the moon appeared closer last night, but it was a sad realization that you appeared distant. Strange, I know. - Shereen A. Mir ( via Instagram )

Inner Struggles

There can be so many things that can upset you. And it gets extremely difficult on certain days to keep up a smiling face through them. The cache lies in focusing on the many things that can cheer you up instead. If you are of the opinion that every day you are bound to wake...