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Navy Blue Suits, Nights and Moons

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love." — J.K. Rowling When I left Pakistan in August, I was probably the loneliest, most heartbroken person in the world. Everything that could have gone wrong had gone wrong: the girl I thought I was going to marry had walked out on me, I had failed the annual medicine exam and had just finished sitting the retake, and, finally, and perhaps most importantly, my mother wasn’t in the best shape. As I boarded the plane out of Lahore, the one good thing — and, in retrospect, perhaps the only good thing to have ever happened to me during my time at med school — was Nauman Hakeem. Nauman and I go a long way back; we first met in the fall of 2016. I had just gotten into Lahore Grammar School and was in my first year of A-levels, while he was in his second. I still very vividly remember our first meeting. I was sitting in the library reading a human biology textbook for an exam I was supposed to si
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On nights like these

On nights like these, as I gaze at the sky, A nightingale sings in the distance, And a shooting star passes by. I make a wish for her silence to break In the hopes that it would cure my heart-ache. On nights like these as I gaze at the sky, A wolf howls in the distance, And a swan passes by. I look in the river to see a full moon and in it her, Or was it her in who I saw a full moon. On nights like these as I gaze at the sky, A boy writes poems in the distance, And she passes by. And as she passes by, the boy's world changes The grass seems a little more bluer The sky a little greener The nights a little more serene The days a little more gleam On nights like these as I gaze at the sky, A boy cries in the distance, And she passes by. And as she passes by, the boy's world changes  The grass seems a little greener The sky a little bluer The nights a little less serene The days a little less gleam On nights like these as I gaze at the sky, I move towards the boys, Only to find rem
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Us

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There goes another dawn, another day, another evening and yet another night. As the moon sets in the west, here I stand hoping against hope for the best. My nights I spend gazing at the breathtaking aura of a full moon's light. For I my dear see in it a glimpse of us. Us, you heard me right. You say, what us? I say let me try and find the words alright. I and that unforgettable first sight. I and that endless talk late into the night. I and those beautiful eyes. I and my hopeless tries. I and the hope of things turning out right.
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A reason for me to smile

Another second goes by and she is not here with me. Another minute goes by and she is nowhere to be seen. Another hour goes by and there's still no sign of her's. Another day goes by and she is yet to speak. As elusive as a sand cat in the desert, she makes me wait and wait I do, sometimes patiently, sometimes impatiently.  As beautiful as a mermaid under the sea, she makes me wait and wait I do, sometimes hopefully, sometimes hopelessly. As gorgeous as sunrays reflecting off the sea, she makes me wait and wait I do, sometimes peacefully, sometimes painfully. As amazing as a star collapsing in a distant universe, she makes me wait and wait I do, sometimes in awe, sometimes awfully. I wait and wait, for this is all I can do and wish that she reads this and finds it rather amuse. For her smile, is a reason for me to smile too.
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