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Hushed Echoes Roohi A. Momin EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011) www.educreation.in iii
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To My Loving Parents, My Other Mother My Aunt, My Grandma. My Siblings, My Precious Munchkins: Mishkaat and Nisa. v
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Acknowledgements p Writing this book was a journey, which wouldn t have been completed without the love, support and encouragement of some of the most special people in my life. First, I would like to thank my Mother, for constantly nudging me to make good use of my skills. It was her dream of becoming a writer which triggered me to become one. I would like to thank my Father for believing in me. Thanks Mom and Dad, I Love You. I would also like to thank my sister, Juveriah, and my soul sister, Mariya, for bearing with me throughout and giving me their valuable feedback. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all my teachers, especially my English teacher, Sir Bhattacharya, who made learning easy and fun, which peaked my interest and made me fall in love with the language. I would also like to thank those few people, who became my inspiration. vii
And at last a special thanks to the team of Educreation Publications for their patience, support and guidance throughout the process. viii
A Poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language ix
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Content List p Sr. Title Page 1. Cursed 1 2. Dear Life! 2 3. What I Own? 4 4. The Loss 5 5. The Beginning 7 6. The Best Mother 8 7. When Tables Turn 9 8. Liberation 10 9. Unattainable Dream 12 10. Fairytale 13 11. Forlorn Desires 14 12. My Spark 15 13. Insanely Sane 16 14. The Lost Treasure 17 15. A Sight To Behold 19 16. I Am Enough 20 17. Layered 22 18. The Sands Of Times 23 19. Regret 24 20. Phobia 26 xi
21. When I m Gone 27 22. Escape 28 23. Almost Love 30 24. Immured 31 25. Hope 32 26. My Enigma 34 27. The Chemistry 35 28. Serenity 36 29. Indifference 37 30. Wishful Thinking 38 31. Dear You! 39 32. When Writing Feels Good 41 33. The Plight Of Being A Woman 42 34. Scarred For Life 44 35. The Perfect Verse 46 36. Judge Or Misjudge 47 37. Trust 48 38. Vamos 49 39. Outre 50 40. Mnemonic 52 41. Love Vs. Hate 53 42. Closure 54 43. Reborn 55 44. Endurance 57 45. When Opposites Attract 58 46. Falling For You 59 47. The Teacher 60 48. Innocent Plea 62 49. Reminisce 63 xii
50. Second Chances 64 51. Star-Crossed 65 52. Defunct 66 53. The Yearning 67 54. The Presence 68 55. Father Of The Bride 70 56. Poisonous Love 72 57. The Taste Of Reality 73 58. Nightmare 75 59. A Rigid Lass 77 60. Losing Him 78 61. Torment 79 62 BFF 80 63. The Agonies Of A Middle Child 81 64. Defining Mummy 83 65. A Mind Full Of Doubts 84 66. The Torture 85 67. The Wait 86 68. The Victim 87 69. Flickers Of Love 90 70. Red 91 71. The Haunting 92 72. You And Me Forever 93 73. Silence 94 74. Bestowed 95 75. Hope 97 76. Language Of Love 98 77. A Maverick s Love 99 78. My Biggest Enemy 100 xiii
79. Loving You 101 80. Muse 103 81. The Confidante 104 82. Hollow Desires 105 83. Unhappily Ever After 107 84. Your Moon 108 85. Enslaved 109 86. The Better Way 111 87. Momento 113 88. The Prisoner 114 89. The Loss 115 90. Bound 116 91. The Last Option 117 92. Belonging 118 93. Destruction 119 94. Understanding Her 120 95. Roles 121 96. The Final Dream 122 97. Longing 123 98. The Art Of Loving A Writer 124 99. Quietude 125 100. The Last Wish 126 xiv
Hushed Echoes Cursed p Writers are cursed souls The ability to immortalize pain by lending them words, Makes them a prisoner of their misery Words that bestows them fame are the same which gives them nightmares 1 P a g e
Roohi A. Momin Dear Life..! p From dust, to dust, Is a journey of forever, A hundred years of pain, To earn a day of pleasure Always changing, always adapting, Yet being one of a kind, Thousand feelings and emotions, In one venture combined Where happiness is temporary, But grief seems everlasting, Every day is the same, But experiences contrasting Where struggle starts every morning, Hardly ends through the night, From one breath to another, Is a different form of fight Try as one might, Its meaning to comprehend, 2 P a g e
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