فاخلع نعليك or Take off your shoes, but you can come as close as you want

Sometimes I can feel so unloved that I wish I could throw a rope up to the skies and have some angel hold it tight If I had the energy, I would climb all the way up and ring the bell, looking down at my grade school mates, waving to them while I listen: subhanallah, [...]

Posted at 2:05 pm on 2 October 2011 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | read on

April is the cruellest month…

I remember seeing mama waving her hands across the curtain, giving a benediction. My hallucinations kept me entertained to the workings of my brain. Cars traveling on astral journeys. An overdose of mirtazapine to put me to sleep, not eternally but just to rest. I got my wish with a scar that won’t ever leave. [...]

Posted at 8:40 pm on 3 April 2011 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Reflections | read on

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And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!

-T.S. Eliot

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