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 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
noor
we play, we play, we play

we play with peoples hearts
we play them like a game

we play with our grades
and end up working like maids

we play with our teachers
giving them a hard time
who cares though, cause whose time are they really wasting?
its mine, its mine, its mine!

we think high schools a joke,
so lets all just play!

we think friendships are fun,
we make a friend, and dump one!

we are pretty, pretty, pretty
and thats all that matters, really

looks and body counts, boys, and purging out

this wont matter in 4 measly years,
so lets all just have fun and enjoy these useless couple of years!
i was seething with anger while typing this
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
noor
being beautiful
in sight of my creator
is more fulfilling
than being beautiful
in the eyes of its creation
today was my very first day wearing the hijab and i absolutely loved it
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
Zafirah
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?
๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด?
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ?
๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด?
๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต?

๐™‰๐™–๐™ฎ!
๐™„ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™คย ย ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ย ย ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ.
๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.
๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ.
๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ.
๐™๐™–๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š.
๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง,
๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒ'๐“‰ ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‡๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ ๐’ท๐‘’๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“…๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“‰๐“Ž.
๐’œ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ผ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’,
๐ป๐’ถ๐“‡๐’น๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“…๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ย ย ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น.
This is the complete poem in response to my question: Do hardships make you stronger or weaker?
But as I said, they simply  "๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’  ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น."
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
Zafirah
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ?
๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด?
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ?
๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด?
๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต?
Do you think that hardships and problems make you stronger or weaker or something else?
In part - 2 of this poem is where I'll answer that very question, so STAY TUNED!
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
Zafirah
Breaths are so unseen,
Yet, they are life's divine clocks-
Cupped in misty clouds.
Another Haiku...
I love writing haikus. They're so fun!
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
Zafirah
Your absence is choking me.
Making me voiceless.
But.
Drip.
Drip.
Splash!
Did you hear that?
Words of pain are bleeding from my plastered mouth.

Sentimentality.
Is no more than agony.

Thud!
Poignant promises shatter the floors.

lub
dub
My heartbeat rumbles your name.

Splatter.
Clatter!
My muffled cries are shedding salty tears,
Mercilessly tearing the tiles apart.

Swish...
The salt from my tears evaporate.

And so do you...
My longing for your presence is so great that it chokes me, I can only speak in gasps and muffled cries. I can only speak by pouring out blood mixed with words from my mouth. My tears have become too salty, too sour that they tear the floors. Please come to make my tears sweet again and stop my mouth from bleeding for my ink for you never dries. Never.
i bet you wouldn't like it

impeding my peace
embedded in my dreams
inserting yourself in to
all of my most secret fantasies
waking up unwillingly
rolling over back to sleep
right back to where we
left off so casually

in the dreamscape it's so nice
but it's so toxic in real life
restless
no sleep for the torn
keep the fire burning
by tearing up the floorboards
effectively destroying the house
the temple you've learned to hate
is it too late to love myself
or could i get another take
a second chance to be grateful for
what hasn't happened
or am i the type of broken that can't be fixed
defined by somebody else's actions

dear god
i hope the **** not
 Jan 2022 Hooria Iftikhar
Shamai
We usually think of beauty
As a very pretty face
Or how people act, or what they do
May also be the case
Weโ€™re told that beauty lies
In the eyes of the beholder
Some people also see beauty
As a person that is bolder
But me, I think of beauty
As the sunshine in the morn
Or the face of a brand new child
On the day that he is born
Beauty can be a running steam
Or the reflection from the sun
Beauty can be the enlightenment
On the face of newly ordained nun
Beauty can be an object
That brings us so much pleasure
Or an act that is reversing
That has brought us such displeasure
Beauty can be a state of being
That is pleasant to the senses
Or a ****** exposition
That brings forward our defenses
Whatever beauty means to you
We hope that you have more
That you find some time to listen
To the water at the shore
And take the time with gratitude
To understand your fate
And enjoy the beauty before you
Before it is too late
Cause I have no one to share my sorrow.
13/1/2022
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