Eid – I am sorry that what use to excite me about you has become diluted with each passing year. The very spirit of celebration which used to blossom a few nights before Eid in the creases of my new clothes, glitter of my bangles, in the fragrance of food being cooked, in the freshnessContinue reading “Eid and Sacrifices”
Author Archives: S Obaid
Sublime Ache
Do you notice how fragile and laced with desperation must be the state when one runs towards you in pitch darkness.. not knowing the path but running at a blazing speed and hoping to be caught by your embrace. When I run towards you I fully recognize my utter incompetence and I can sense theContinue reading “Sublime Ache”
How far up?
A shift in understanding of how reality works often feels like a lump in a throat.. hard to take in at once and harder to avoid. Been reflecting on how perception is inate to one’s own ability (or their lack of) to see things and seldom the reality. Yesterday a simple thought exercise highlighted somethingContinue reading “How far up?”
Walls in Hiroshima
Something can be said about a realization that there comes a time when your own shadow can’t keep up with you. As you zip past it, you can glance back and it is still there.. A million thoughts racing at astronomical speed, some from past while others hinging on future fighting to get a spaceContinue reading “Walls in Hiroshima”
Visualize a river of molten gold or of pitch darkness.. despite the velocity, from a distance it is mostly difficult to notice any movement. A spread so uniform, so flawless visually that even large turbulences go unnoticed. It happens but camouflaged in its aura. It is not meant to be apparent but if you getContinue reading
Write it
Write… so you can read, Read to revisit all those places you long for. Write… so you can smell, Smell the fragrance softened in sleeping chambers of your memories. Write… so you can see, See how you evolved against the tune of life. Write… so you can hear, Hear the conversations that moved your mountains.Continue reading “Write it”
Fade
I rode through it, With a hope that someday, I will tell you all about it. I rode through it, Picturing how you will realize, reconcile and recognize me. I rode through it, Ignoring the hurt, while facing my scars in the making. I rode through it, Believing someday I will finally arrive, And youContinue reading “Fade”
Wish
Scatter the ruins of my life in the sea, For as long as I know, I have stood by the shore. My tears added to its salinity,My thoughts have evoked those waves to release. Those billows know me, they have touched my feet,They know where to go, They know what I seek. Scatter the ruinsContinue reading “Wish”
Roses
When we hurried to bury the flames of our desires,A few sparks were left un-doused…They bloomed into roses,This frigid city has since been high on raging colors and fragrance.
Writers
In this city of feelings, we have all become writers with no one left to read.I have memorized word by word each story I wrote.I read it to myself in times when I can’t feel.
Oasis of Words 