World of Words

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Posted by HIBA on 3:34 PM in

The root word for Al- Hadi is haa-daal-yaa, which means ‘to incline to something’. Pondering over this itself brings in the thought that our heart is inclined to Allah (SWT). This also gives the meaning that one cannot force guidance, but it has to happen within which also...

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Highway of Hope

Posted by HIBA on 5:48 PM in

I am on a beautiful journey. But then unlike the rest, this one's a handover.Of my mother's grief paved as patience.Of my Grandma, who waited till she reached the grave to sleep.Of my childhood that was overtaken by the society.And as the signal of consciousness comes across, i press forward...

Fire and Vulnerable Soul

Posted by HIBA on 1:27 AM in

The fire in her may not suffice to burn a city, butA little stone cold heart, that you possess would've melt with a whisper of her melody or a prayer her rosy tongue could twist.So, embrace her smile and hold out your heart,May the vulnerable soul seek solace,In her...

Monday, December 26, 2022

Soul Sucking Healing.

Posted by HIBA on 11:17 PM in

The winter is seeping into my skinAnd as everyday brings a new beginning, a little of your presence seem to freeze.The universe calls it healing and moving on.I find it brutally sucking the life within and building a grave.For you are a distanced memory, or that's what they say.Hard...

Sunday, October 16, 2022

A woman

Posted by HIBA on 3:48 PM in

I am a woman.A creation destined to create.Magic with my hands that weave a poem and a sock.Love with my eyes that seeps in your grief and ecstasy.Life with my womb and heart that gives you a title or terror.Songs with my tongue that surrenders your cruelty or...

Friday, October 14, 2022

A man in a casket

Posted by HIBA on 11:50 PM in

Do you chose blindness as a curtain for that unbreakable heart of yours?Or are you delusional to believe that you are not manly enough to own a vulnerable heart?What has mirrors spoken to you so terribly that you often mask your sensitivity?Or are you a coward to embrace...

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

A poem. (It was hard)

Posted by HIBA on 11:52 PM in

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