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"وِداعِ یار کا لمحہ ٹھہر گیا مُجھ میں مَیں خود تو زِندہ رہا وقت مر گیا مُجھ میں
سُکُوتِ شام میں چیخیں سُنائی دیتی ہیں تُو جاتے جاتے عجب شور بھر گیا مُجھ میں
وہ پہلے صِرف مِری آنکھ میں سمایا تھا پھر ایک روز رگوں تک اُتر گیا مُجھ میں
کُچھ ایسے دھیان میں چہرہ تِرا طلُوع ھُوا غُروبِ شام کا منظر نِکھر گیا مُجھ میں
مَیں اُس کی ذات سے مُنکر تھا اور پِھر اِک دِن وہ اپنے ھونے کا اعلان کر گیا مُجھ میں
کھنڈر سمجھ کے مِری سیر کرنے آیا تھا گیا تو موسمِ غم پھُول دَھر گیا مُجھ میں
گلی میں گُونجی خموشی کی چیخ رات کے وقت تُمہاری یاد کا بچہ سا ڈر گیا مُجھ میں
بتا مَیں کیا کرُوں دِل نام کے اِس آنگن کا تِری اُمّید پہ جو سج سنور گیا مُجھ میں
یہ اپنے اپنے مُقدّر کی بات ھے فارس مَیں اُس میں سِمٹا رہا وہ بِکھر گیا مُجھ میں"
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The hues of vulnerability flickered through her eyes as she clasped her hands together rubbing them insanely as they felt numb. She never liked this feeling of her body going numb and dead at the retrieval of something triggering. The creases on her forehead grew intense as the callous cold sprawled down her spine. The memories making the noose tighten around her neck, the lack of air hitting her lungs making it even worse.
It was her friend's engagement ceremony. The bestest day of her life till yet. Her clown friend Rumi was going to torture her cousin all her life with her antics and she couldn't be more happy about it and mostly them. She couldn't spoil it for her. She had to pick her shattered self again, compose herself and walk out as if nothing happened. She tried to respirate trying to shake her mind off and her eyes got caught up with the man standing in the corridor with his searing gaze dwelling within her churning soul. Noplease.
He took some slow steps forward to reach her, still captive by the thoughts that she'll push him away, again. Like she always did. The lingering pain mixed with agony oozed out as she saw him coming closer and closer. Her feet startled in her position as she barely held her own weight. Ugh, this effing outfit! She blamed it on her outfit instead.
