A Fear Called Love
The thing that scares me about love is that you never know when you’ll fall into it. Your hearts gets attached immediately, but love, darn it, love is different. You fall into it ever so deeply and the person you love gradually becomes a part…
Down the Wires
“Some memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart” Memories are the part and parcel of every one’s life. You always remember the good days you have passed by sweetest memories, meanwhile some bad memories in your life…
Chaos is a Friend of Mine
Things to do this summer: Paint all my walls black Get a new journal Put up the abstract paintings See a new therapist Publish the love poems Plant a new row of honeysuckles to be continued… On the first day of the first…
Silent Musings
“Oh, take this veil from off my eyes My burning sun will, some day, rise So, what am I gonna be doin’ for a while?” The blue tiles reflect my eyes when I sit in the empty bathtub writing in a tiny book. The…
Turin Frog
The rain dripped; drip, drip, drip. The sound distracted me from watching a movie on TV, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, laying on the sofa, in my socked feet dangling over an arm rest. My partner and I, engaged in intermittent chats about moles in the…
Water Works
The water rushed by the last rock at the cliff’s edge, flinging itself into the open air beyond, and then falling, falling, falling; and smashing onto the stone and water below. It was no different than the water that had preceded it, and no different…
The life behind Third-Culture Kids
Is growing up abroad really as grandeur as it sounds or looks? Looks can be deceiving, and while bearing that in mind, what really lies behind the lives of third-culture kids? And if TCK had a choice, would they choose the same fate for their…
Memory of a Laugh
You walk down the grim hallways, and see yourself laughing around with your friends in a corner. You see the smile radiate and you smile too. You look above and see the date. 4 years ago. Suddenly, your smile fades away as your eyes shift…
The Blue Carpet
Inviting guests over is common and it is basically saying you are a part of our family now. And refusing the invitation is considered rude and offensive specially in the Arab households. So he did not want to disappoint his friend when he invited him…
