Irfan Habeeb

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They called it purity

The stars were just being themselves. laughing, shining, being loud, being close, being many. they weren’t hurting anyone. they were just together....

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Praise Be the Absent

So... the god smiles, does he? Was it not enough? The children, the quiet graves, the red rivers? They say he is great. But great enough to ignore...

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Unapologetically Nation

I wonder sometimes why I love the Nation I know it's selfish, thinking of us, more than any other. I say it's not love, but survival, where our...

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The one without a flag

There was one without a flag walked barefoot, feeling the tremble in the earth long before the storm came. When the kings argued in marble halls, and...

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A step too far

A bird cannot claim the sky if it has broken its wings. A river cannot whisper love while drowning the shore. What is the point of yearning when my...

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Inheritance of Contradiction

They forget they are their successors, yet never forget to criticize. They forgot to teach love but showed them how to divide. They forgot to teach...

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The unnamed hand

They ask me what I believe, and I tell them, I don’t know. But inside, I wonder— is there a storyteller? A voice that wrote the stars? Once, a child...

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You are an overthinker

A whisper in your ear A hidden truth or lie A warning you must hear Before you say goodbye Your past, present, future Your mind is always sure Your...

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The silent depths

In an endless ocean, some see a captain steering the waves, others see the sea charting its own course. Some believe the stars speak of a navigator,...

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We write for ourselves

I've met those who spurn Dreamers and wordsmiths. They label us as losers, Mere souls who smoke and write. They assume we scribble for excess time,...

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Branches of destiny

Leaves whispered their goodbyes, slender branches and trunks followed, a heavy thud as they touched the ground. The whole town felt the big machine,...

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The sparkle in your eyes

I saw the sparkle in your eyes a glimpse of daring, a glimpse of infinity, a magnetic pull. I was humbled, yearning to speak, to make a move,...

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Be my friend again

Let's break the walls of obstinacy And speak the words of truth How do you have the wisdom of age And I have the folly of youth? Why do I always feel...

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Barriers of uncertainty

A mass of pressure A pulse of will But barriers of uncertainty Confine me in a cell I crave to escape To alter what I reject But feelings restrain me...

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Krishna did his part

A royal shame, a cosmic game Krishna sees the fate of the land Where kings are blind and princes vile And a queen is stripped by a wicked hand He...

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The regret syndrome

Sometimes I act, and then I rue The choices that I made Sometimes I freeze, and wish I knew The chances that I trade Sometimes I sin, and feel the...

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Doom is the common doom

I crave a spark of optimism A flash of brightness in the gloom Of our land ripped by conflict and rage Where doom is the common doom No battle can...

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The sad face syndrome

My face is a paradox, a constant frown Not a reflection of my mood, but a permanent crown Maybe it's the plaster, maybe it's the genes A factory...

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Beyond divisions

I do not waste my breath on those Who clash for faith or creed They spew their lies and hatred, but They do not have my heed I only ask for one...

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The sparkle of longing

My vision shattered, I lost the edges of the world. You are the only thing I see, a tunnel of light in the night. But you are not the moon, you are a...

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That gentle smile

In the dark of night, when sorrow grips my soul And desperation fills my every breath I long for a touch of warmth, a glimpse of hope A sign that I...

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A sound in the silence

I came back home after months of study Hoping to find some peace and rest But my room was cold and void of life As if it had been long left The only...

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I am the sun of my own sky

I am the sun of my own sky I shine with love for myself I heal my wounds with my warmth I ignore the clouds of doubt They say I am too bright They...

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Who am I?

To a world, I'm just a shell A stranger, distant, silent I keep my walls up high and well No danger, no contact But those who know me deep, they see...

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The flowers that never bloomed

We were the flowers that never bloomed We withered in the storm of violence We lost our petals, our fragrance, our colors We fell one by one, like...

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Let's embrace the cringe

Do you understand cringe? Some loathe it deeply, I wonder why? Does it bite them, unseen? I ponder, now and then, What is this cringe, That some...

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Specks

She saw him, always, outside the ward, standing still a figure like time, waiting for no one, but seen by her. Her body burned, stripped...

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No lies left

I know my flaws, the shadows I carry, the promises I’d fail to keep. I know my imperfections, the jagged edges, the cracks that reveal too much. I...

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