Poetry
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A Note Left on the Counter
The most intimate things were always ordinary. That’s how they survived. Continue reading
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Before the Language Failed
Some connections don’t announce themselves as important. They simply change the temperature of a room. Continue reading
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What Light Remains When The World Grows Loud
A lyrical poem for those who move through a loud age with an older kind of grace, carrying feeling without spectacle and strength without cruelty. Continue reading
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The Quiet Shape of You
A love poem about the kind of affection that does not need spectacle to prove its depth. Continue reading
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Sometimes It Is a Door
A brief meditation on hidden depth, silence, and fracture, this piece reflects on the idea that what seems broken within us may not always signal ruin. Instead, it may mark an opening, a threshold, or the beginning of another way of seeing. The poem dwells in the space between damage and revelation. Continue reading
Shayan Afzal 