Author Archives: Anna Naveed

There are no elaborate or noteworthy details to brag about, in a very simple phrase, “ You will see a reflection of yourself in me” even if it is just a minuscule bit of your existence....

The submission

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oft I endure, the wrath, of the dreaded rain, that burns my body, needling its way inside, filling with poison, occupying, residing, eloping with destruction, an ever lasting affair, with my dreams, a mirror of marred images, distorted, and jumbled  silhouettes, with hazy outlines, dreams of wild birds, on an unnamed journey, to anonymous destinations, […]

The bereavement exits

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  The fragility of human nature is strange..it carries an unusual philosophy of life, at times it bears hardships never imagined or seen before and then at times the resilience breaks at the tiniest bit of a jolt… The psychological burdens on the human mind have a wide array of effects, they can either rapidly shape, […]

Ballads of the wise.

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Do not count on me, I am but a beautiful lie, whispered, and mixed into your blood, by your ancestors, all those folklore, all those tales of gallantry, they are but a figment of imagination, don’t count on your fragile beliefs, they can break into a million shards, in a flicker of seconds, the  maddest […]

When…

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you know I love you, when the trees, shed their leaves in spring, when the tender branches, let the snow reside on their body, or may be when I spend my days, lying flat on ice cubes, or churning on burning coals, that feel like the petals, of the sweetest rose, or the endless dark […]

All that was and all that is…

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  Accusing me of indifference! how could you blame me? do you not know me anymore? not my heart? not at all? my heart that carried your secrets, like the vastness of sea, carrying pearls hidden in shells, and in the deep of its blue water, lies the warmth, wave by wave, washed at the […]

Redemption

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why could you not storm, like thunder and fury, the strength of which lies, in those tiny droplets, that fall, as the rain of redemption, soaking you , waking you from nescience, preventing the vacuousness, filling in life, with avidity, and fervour, why must you lie dormant, letting the lava of ardour, and vitality go […]

suraj dhalne tak

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kis shokhi-e- rang mein doobi hai jawani, sab sach lagta hai , sab haq lagta hai, her kali se ummeed, her phool pe mannat hoti hai, her subh suhani, her khatra mol leney ko jee karta hai, aur phir peeri dabbey paoon se, zindagi daboch leti hai, her kona thamey, chaadar charo orh lipat jati […]

Charity

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Come to me, again, when the wants grow bigger, seize the functionality of your being, you would return and feed on my ‘givings’, givings I so generously distribute, depleting my reservoirs, the ones I’ve locked away, in a room full of bounties, bounties that are for your taking, with which I so merrily part,   […]

I see in you…

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what do I see in you … reflections, of the world your shoulders carry, of  the people who worry you or those you are worried about.. how can you let them all reside in a sacred place, that is meant to nurse your creator? how can you let them take it away from you? cleanse […]

Ail

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Ailing ? what is it that you are suffering from? misery is always a blessing, just disguised in a bleaker way, the plan is greater, more complex, with each intensifying blow that winds your boat into a storm, there is an eternal calm waiting, your tears wash away all the past, so when you are […]