A velvet notebook under moonlight.
Four lines that hold more state than most apps.
My Own Poetry
Quiet drafts written between meetings.
There is no single danger left to fear — now everyone is a danger to everyone.
Why can I find no peace — was there only one person in the whole world?
Poets I Return To
Iqbal, Faiz, Ghalib, Jaun Elia.
How blissfully they must live, how proudly they must walk — those strangers she finds pleasing.
I am strange — so strange that I ruined myself, and feel no grief about it.
If we part this time, perhaps we'll meet only in dreams — the way dried flowers are found in old books.
Couplets for Business Days
Lines for the long meetings and longer commutes.
Raise your self so high that before each decree, God Himself asks you: what is your will?
A thousand desires, each worth dying for — many were fulfilled, yet too few.
Couplets for Quiet Nights
Lines for the hours when the house finally sleeps.
Let colors fill the flowers, let spring's breeze stir — come now, so the garden may live.