’TIL DEATH DO US PART! To dearest (would-be) husband: As I wistfully move my fingers, Over the soft lips in your photograph, That I affectionately hold in my hand, Which I took when I bid thee adieu, At that bus station — teary-eyed — Lips — that have uttered a thousand, ‘I love yous’ in […]
Dare to Re-Love! I wonder — what’s more beautiful, Than a broken heart, that dared to love again? Those fingers that once, trembled to touch, Those words that forever clogged up the throat, Those eyes that went sore washing up the shore, That heart that pumped Well — that’s all it did! But now as […]
I was asked once – “What is you favorite word in Urdu?” And that was an ordeal in itself. I ended up writing following… 🙂 Hope you like it! Darasal [Actually],there are not faqat [only] one or two, but beshumaar [incalculable] Urdu alfaaz [words]which I like a lot! 🙂 Also, choosing just one would […]
The thing about words is — You don’t know which ones hurt, Once said they can’t be taken back, So — think before you blurt! They pierce and tear the frail heart, And gnaw the trusting — soul, They just don’t take small bites — But swallow it in — whole! And strangely it’s not […]
Dear — please don’t hold my world, So tightly in your pretty fingers. Your dainty nails dug in perfectly, Into the bottoms of my throb-less heart. But still – strangely — you look so endearing, Smiling — with red smeared on the tips, You wanted to slay me — and I — And I — […]