Everything I dream about, I dream about with you
I’ll be dreaming about the most random things — and boom, it’s you. Everything I dream about, I dream about with you.
Claustrophobia — suffocating inside my body
I am claustrophobic. Do you understand that? This heart is caged in this body, and this soul is buried in its darkness. Can you understand my pain? Can you hear my screams? Can you feel my suffocation? Can you know my madness? I am horribly confined. I am disgustingly limited. I am claustrophobic. Do you […]
The ease of loving: a memoir of love and poetry
Back then, love didn’t need labels. It was just moments — built quietly with kindness, care, and memory. And somehow, those little things stayed with us longer than anything else.
There is a heart inside you, and it wants to be seen
There’s a heart inside you, and it wants to be seen, lived, loved, felt, understood, and taken care of.
You must fill your heart with dreams
You must fill your heart with dreams so wild they press outward, resisting this society’s mold. — Sadia Hakim If you are a lover of aesthetic and rare words with beautiful meaning behind, check out my recent writeup here. 57
Ey benim, ey gönül yoldaşım! (O my, O my companion of the heart)
I will be envious if they see you in my words and poems, and God forbid if they fall in love with you. Ey gönül yoldaşım! — multilingual poems by sadia hakim
Komorebi — sunlight filtering through the leaves
Some days, the world feels heavy, shadows stretching long, but then a break in the leaves lets the sun in, and suddenly, everything is golden again.
Anamnesis: the recollection of past memories
Maybe life is not about seeking, but about remembering. Maybe we are not meant to search for meaning, but to recognize the meaning that has been a part of us all along.
Umbrance — unspoken influence | aesthetic words
I love how two people have the power to shape each other’s souls, destinies, journeys, destinations, and realities—positively or negatively.
L’éveil de la pluie — the awakening of the rain
L’éveil de la pluie (lay-veh duh lah plwee) I love this French phrase—L’éveil de la pluie, coined by Sadia Hakim, literally translating to “the awakening of the rain,” describing the first drop that breaks the long-held silence of the sky. Metaphorically, it is the first glimmer of hope after a stretch of despair, the quiet […]