Poem Of The Month - February, 2021
The Shrill Shrieks of Silence by Mahnoor Tahir - Pakistan
To most out there
Silence may be an absence of noise
A void they crave to fill
With love, life, and laughter.
To me, silence means something else...
Selected Story - January, 2021
What Makes Life Meaningful in Times of a Virus by Mahnoor Tahir - Pakistan
As he stepped out of his house for the first time in weeks, the scent of fresh grass assailed him. His steps were shadowed by forlorn trees, flanking either side of the road like silent sentinels. He turned the corner, stepping onto the street that had always given him quiet comfort - no idling cars, no gossiping neighbours in sight - but somehow it taunted him that day. The silence haunted him.
In the beginning, he had welcomed the peace. The break from the breakneck pace of life. Dabbling in hobbies he had long forgotten about had felt refreshing and somehow liberating. When weeks turned to months and hope turned to dust, it had stopped being a fresh new adventure. The uncertainty that had felt like a new experience had blossomed with every passing day until it had become the new reality. Now uncertainty was his constant companion.
His quick step brought him to the market soon enough and he stopped at the edge of it, taking in the sight of brightly lit stores empty of patrons. With heavy steps, he walked inside and started gathering items he had been running out of over the course of the previous month...
Poem Of The Month - January, 2021
The Pitfall Called Love ! by Mahnoor Tahir - Pakistan
I do not know who
Romanticised
This terrible thing called love.
It sneaks in like a dream
A haze of soft clouds,
An endless meadow,
The sweetest symphony.
It burrows deep within...
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