gham
sher • 2025-08-15 • 1 min
Estrangement in the world, sorrow in love, and within love, the self lost.
tags:sher, urdu, love, alienation, ghazal
notes from a corner
i write because i have to, not because i want to connect. when thoughts pile up and won't stay quiet, they end up here.
if you read them, fine. if you don't, also fine.
recent thoughts
The Glass Between
poem • 2025-07-07 • 4 min
I stand before the glass and see the man who's supposed to be me. A haunting exploration of self-reflection, identity, and the tension between who we think we are and who we actually are.
tags:poetry, self-reflection, identity, mirrors, truth
वो कहती है कि सुना दो बातें
sher • 2025-06-04 • 1 min
She tells me to share my stories with the entire world, believing I have much to tell. The irony is profound—while urging me to reveal my writings to all, she remains unaware of the countless ghazals I've penned for her, verses that bring me to tears in the moonlight before finally granting me sleep.
tags:ghazal, poetry, moonlight
So will we
poem • 2025-06-01 • 2 min
The ocean roars, and then it sighs. But do not be deceived by the quiet. A powerful meditation on resilience and the eternal dance between life's relentless challenges and our enduring capacity to rise again.
tags:prose poem, resilience, ocean, waves, endurance, defiance
Kabhi mauka mila toh tumhe likhunga
sher • 2025-02-05 • 1 min
Kabhi mauka mila toh tumhe likhunga taaki mere mohabbat ko ek zariya ho jaaye. When I get the chance, I will write about you so that my love finds a medium. A beautiful sher about the power of words to transmit love, where the poet dreams of writing so passionately that even the reader falls in love with the beloved.
tags:sher, poetry, love, writing