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....

Thirst

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And you would come to the lake, thinking it would quench your thirst… since when did the soul yearn for water? the well for the soul lies within you, drench yourself within you.. immerse into the streams that leap at the shores of your existence.. show your joys the way to to your heart, leave the […]

Rumination

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In the years of rumination, I only realize, how far I am, from myself, from the element of existence, the circle , where everything, drowns in a whirlpool, trancing, freezing, putting me in an airtight jar, in a state of stupor, rousing to the deafening cries within, yearning to search, the soul that was, plucked […]

Moons Yonder.

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of moons yonder, and of shadows cast on silvery water, and of larks, and of stars , that gaze into ethreal streams of crystal lakes, I lay awake… arms spread like wings, soul as free as an eagle, going thither, where calmly in the  nest of my cherub, it may rest…  

Drenched

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Drenched were I, when it rained , showering tear drops, lost in the actuality of unagitated self, melodies of gentle wind, eyes washed, cleared of all the dust , that gathers on soul and body, breathing vivacity and vigor into stark , cold and cheerless sea of existence, peeling away the layers, soaking the barren […]

Nightly musings

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Oh! let me cleanse  my mind and relieve my perplexed soul, from starry nights, and sparkling streams, where I sighed, and roamed, when the moon hideth behind a veil, shying away, in glimpses would I see, scattered its beam, reacheth not me, nestled by your side, layeth I, on a hearthrug so smooth, as fire […]

Conformity

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rouse from those negligent slumbers, breathe life into your bloodless flesh, stop the nonsense if you don’t want any, break the norms, break free, spread the wings and kindle the spirit, fly, soar, rise, bail out of the inhibitions, disentangle and loosen your soul, let it venture through the clouds of serenity, wash itself with […]

Soul Dismantled

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dismal shadows, ill-boding and hideous, the monsters of time devour the history, the legends and the heroes, like evil beasts on the loose, nibbling on faith and virtue, decaying the brittle stones, crumbling, shredding the woven webs, dancing waves leaping high, consuming , dismantling the soul, decapitating life, yet the dark dream goes on, feeding […]

Songs of the dead.

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Have you sung to yourself? The lyrics of a mysterious ballad, The tunes of a purple evening, The rhythm of a sun biding farewell, Can you forget a rhyme? Of repeating errors, And lost causes, Poetry of an injured season, Storming fury of crazy words, Disrobing the theme, Cooking up burnt stanzas, Black smoky haze, […]

And I would flee..

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I would not waste a minute, getting as far away as I can from this joke of a country the first chance I get. Now, I wouldn’t have said that a few years back, when my silly, rosy, pink patriotism fooled me like hell. When I saw my defenders like protectors, my scholars as the […]

Developing a reading habit

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“I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read”             Thomas Babington Macaulay In a world of technology, computers and fast tracked search engines, who needs books? The answer is, we all do. What makes a man “a man” is knowledge. We cannot afford to […]