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Monday, August 07, 2006

saturday

My mouth tastes of overslept. The faint sound of the gently falling rain slips inside from the cracks under the doors and windows. A bird seeks refuge in the bathroom exhaust fan and chirps now and then. Benadryl-induced sleep and valium-induced calm. My mind is blank, empty. On a corner of the pillow-case, a memory struggles to die.

When my eyelids touch they create a horizontal line of fire across my eyes. Ammi strokes my wrist and says something. I can’t hear her; there is a cloud in my head. The world is muffled, shapes and sounds are indistinct. Life meets my perception filtered. Somewhere far, far away, time is passing.

15 Comments:

Blogger Sapphire said...

coming from you, that comment turned me into a happy, giddy girl! i've heard about you from our mutual acquaintances - and pssst, i've been lurking here too. love your writing and can relate to it too! :) thank you soo much for the comment - really made my day! yes, i'm working on getting into some good liberal arts college in the US, let's see if it works out. you must be a fresh graduate or a soon to be one? :)

12:26 AM  
Blogger insiyasyed said...

aray- aap dono nay dostee kartay hee flattering shuroo kar dee!

:)

9:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

islamabad aana hi hoga.. ;)

9:57 AM  
Blogger mercury said...

Saphiya, I graduated last year, I was in a three year B.Sc Honours program. Good luck with the college hunt/admission wait etc!

Mutual acquaintance a.k.a Insi, you'd better have said nice stuff acha! (and it isn't flattery - I like her writing, I really do! It sends me back in time every time I read. In a very nice way.)

Mina, a visit will be the cause of much joy :) I have heard many good things about you. And Insiya, Khizzy and Blue have proved to me that fellow bloggers are insaans well worth meeting :)

10:38 AM  
Blogger KM said...

:)
"and Insiya, Khizzy and Blue have proved to me that fellow bloggers are insaans well worth meeting :)"

woohoo!
:)

2:04 PM  
Blogger cheesoo said...

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1:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

weely? kiss se? :)

9:33 AM  
Blogger insiyasyed said...

jee jee- hum achay log hain. bohat achay. now kiss me and i'd turn into a jhonny depp! :)

10:07 AM  
Blogger insiyasyed said...

please delete the 'a' before jhonny. subha subha typo. not good. not good. :s

10:08 AM  
Blogger insiyasyed said...

hahahahhaa- now slap me real hard. 'johnny' kee spelling ghalat likh dee hai.

:( -chamaaat maar day mujhay koi! i be too sleepy this morning. :(

10:10 AM  
Blogger mercury said...

To the author of the removed comment: Please don't, you have absolutely NO idea how very *present* you are.

Mina, I emailed you on the address on your blog once. Itni thand?

Everyone, Insi lies. I kissed her and she didn't turn into Johnny Depp at all.

10:18 AM  
Blogger cheesoo said...

:)

8:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haw azka sorryyy i hardly ever umeed that anyone'll send me proper mail there so i rarely check it hehehe *am doing it as i type*

12:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and you on my MSN nohow!!!! hmm come online haha

12:16 AM  
Blogger bluecheese said...

:)

1:18 AM  

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