Anamika: Alone in the Crowd

Alone I feel the darkness surrounding -
Blend into the background mildly,
Watch the masti on and on,
Make no trouble, make no sound,
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,
Feed on the energy, look on in glee,
Keep the aura of silence as my robe
To cloak my hooded figure under the lone lamp-post.

Lost In A Book

"Happiness is getting lost in a good book"

I became a stranger in a new land... Fell in love with a strange man... Found that love could grow in truth... Because heart was what counted not language or group...
And we married against the odds... Had a life to be envied... He gave me the light of our lives, Nur al-Hayah... With her I found a mother in me...
I found how much closer a husband and wife can be... I saw that age mattered nothing... That time would stop still... Before this love across borders, worlds and years....

Book: The Map of Love
Author: Ahdaf Soueif