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  • Bringer of Happiness and The remaining two weeks…!

    Bringer of Happiness and The remaining two weeks…!

    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

    12/04/2026 @Waakiye

    Hey..

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    After straying away from my routine after I picked up a suitcase wrong,

    I was in my bed trying not to move,

    because each movement caused more pain;

    —

    After two sessions of physiotherapy and another one on Monday,

    I think I’ll be well…!

    I’ve killed a few more tasks,

    and we will get the bhaji on Monday and the distribution will start on the same day…!

    Other than that,

    shopping is done,

    A few things might be left,

    And,

    that will also be completed as soon as we get boxes and I will tell my mom and sister to give them to those who live nearby…!

    A packed week we have ahead;

    —

    I have to go to work today and finish a few tasks alone,

    As my uncle and brother are going to the bhog of my paternal aunt who passed away on April 1st;

    Coming back to the prompt

    Five Things that bring me happiness..!

    There are few instances of happiness in my life,

    but,

    I work hard on making it worth living,

    1. First would be my family’s and my well being; they are my priority and anything/everything that I do is ultimately to their benefit, No matter the path I choose I see that it benefits them in the long run…!
    2. My friends take a special place in my heart and whenever we get a chance to get together, we make it absolutely fun and something that we talk about every time we meet…! The last thing we did together was ice skating and that was fun and we got hurt; All three of us at the same time…!
    3. A loved one; I wouldn’t say anything else but the fact that their presence makes us feel like we are special and I hope they feel the same way too about it…!
    4. Morning walks and being one with nature is something that makes me feel happy and that feeling is elevated when I am visiting a place like a park or a place that is filled with trees and plants that makes me feel happy…!
    5. The last or the first thing that makes me feel happy(the way you look at this list)and this life worthy of continuing is writing; Because of it I have been able to meet wonderful people and I’ve got a chance to work with some who I couldn’t even think of working with even from this country and beyond this one…!

    Some things that bring me happiness and joy…!

    Have forgotten to mention travelling and the love paper brings me isn’t that same for the all of us,

    we forget to mention things that make us who we are and define our hustle isn’t it…?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • A call that changed the course of the night…!

    A call that changed the course of the night…!

    Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.




    It was a lone night,
    I was travelling all alone and before I could reach home,
    I got a call from my friend…!

    It felt like either his life was in danger…
    or he had taken someone’s;

    G0d knows what it was,
    but fear was resonating clearly from his voice—

    Ravi—
    “I did it bhai…
    I found that man and I did what I had to…”

    Me—
    “What are you talking about Ravi…?”

    Ravi—
    “The same man…
    the one who brutally assaulted and k1lled that little girl from our vicinity—”

    I cut him off.

    The connection was poor.
    I told him to move somewhere open.

    But my mind…
    it had already started running in all directions.

    Ravi—
    “I found him…
    and as soon as I got a chance,
    I pounced on him…
    A fight broke out…”

    “What happened next… Ravi?”

    Ravi—
    “I knew he’d overpower me…
    so I took out the knife I kept on my waist…
    in case I ever needed it…”

    My thoughts went to the worst place.

    A brief pause…

    “I had to, Waakiye…
    I had to do it…”

    “She called me her brother…
    I watched her grow up…
    and I—”

    He stopped.

    I think her face came in front of him.

    “Is he alive…?”
    I asked.

    Ravi—
    “He was…
    gasping for air…
    when I opened his neck…”

    “I watched him suffer…
    just like she would have…”

    Silence.

    “Where are you…?” I asked.
    “Send me your location.”

    “Okay…”

    The call ended.

    A few seconds later——
    I heard a ping on my phone;

    Just a few minutes away.

    ————

    I drove there.
    And I saw him.

    Sitting cross-legged…
    right next to the body.

    Staring at the blood-soaked sand beneath him.

    “Ravi…?”
    No response.

    “Ravi…!”
    Nothing.

    “RAVI…!”
    On the third call—he moved.

    He rushed toward me,
    collapsed onto me…
    and broke.

    Tears;
    Shaking hands;
    A voice that didn’t belong to the man I knew.

    “I just wanted to scare him…
    but it…
    it became this…”

    “I had to k1ll him…”

    “He would have escaped…
    hurt someone else…”

    As I looked into his eyes—
    and then at the lifeless one behind him—

    Only one thought came to my mind—
    I have to save him.

    ⸻

    “Give me the knife.”

    ⸻

    [END PART 1]

    A story that expands beyond years and decades of built relationships,

    Both legal and illegal ones..!

    Part 2 out soon…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Delayed Advance payments and making exercises fun…!

    Delayed Advance payments and making exercises fun…!

    What’s the most fun way to exercise?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well..!

    A hard day at work yesterday was,

    Had a kill a few tasks by the end of the day and we secured a new order from a business that earlier used to deal with us directly,

    But,

    Now they have put an intermediary party that secures all of the material that is required to run their business;

    A convenience for them,

    But,

    It waivers that dealings that we had with them and counts as a fresh start,

    To which we said that we won’t work without an advance payment;

    —-

    And when this advance figure comes in,

    It becomes difficult for all of us;

    The order has already been delayed a week and a half because we didn’t receive one,

    And after getting a minimal amount that doesn’t even begins to dent the total value,

    We told them to give us at least 30% of the deal but they are still saying that we will give it to us in a day or so…!

    Like we will start working without securing at least the amount of material that is required to accomplish the task…!

    —

    Because this is the first time we are dealing with them,

    And they thought that we would work without any advance payment just because they supply to a company that we used to deal with…!

    Things we deal with on the daily..!😅

    Grown men acting like we are going to run away with their money after being in the business for 60+years,

    Even after they got a confirmation from the company they are going to take it to,

    To contact us for the material and final product…!

    🤷🤷🤷

    Coming back to the prompt

    Fun ways to exercise

    Well,

    Let me begin you by telling you that I thought working out or even getting at least half hour maybe an hour of walk was trivial and no fun at all…!

    But,

    As soon as I found a way to pair it with an activity that gives me a sense of detachment from it,

    While giving me motivation to continue on for longer,

    It becomes easier…!

    First one would be to involve a friend or a partner—

    in the exercise or a set of exercises that you are doing…!

    It creates a sense of friendly competition and pushes you to do better each day as they keep you or you keep them pushing in the at direction…!

    A fun and interesting way to keep exercising…!

    Second would be involve a pet,

    Maybe go on longs walks while exploring a newfound place or take them on a hike,

    Which pushes both you and them at the same time…!

    Deepening the bond you have with them,

    Make sure to carry some treats to appreciate their correct behavior and also keep a rubber stick to protect them from other things that might cause them harm…!

    Third would be taking guidance from a trainer;

    And this would better happen within closed doors like a gym or another training facility;

    And under their guidance it would be better to work out or exercise while they improve your form and action…!

    At last all of it would be supplemented by music,

    Which gives me a boost and a will to work harder and push myself to my limits…!

    In a crux,

    Either working out with a partner/friend,

    A pet or a personal trainer ;

    Would be the way to go and make it fun;

    If you’re a loner like me,

    You can follow hiit workouts or basic exercises while sitting at home and seeing it on your phone or having a trainer in virtual to guide you…!

    It can be fun if you work at a pace that build and maintains you even if you’re all alone…!

    Isn’t it…?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Some books that haunt us and some that reshape us…!

    Some books that haunt us and some that reshape us…!

    What book could you read over and over again?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I woke up late today,

    It was almost 8 and I blew past my alarm of 7am and 7:30 am;

    So I’m writing this at 8:12 am;

    —

    If you want to talk about the day before,

    I have never ever seen such a footfall on my post and my website;

    And I don’t know what was it about yesterday’s prompt but it felt like people connected with it a whole lot…!

    (Let’s not jinx it and begin this day on a fresh note…)

    It was a medium paced work day yesterday,

    A few orders that were received earlier were picked up and we got paid for them;

    Other than that,

    There is a small pileup of jobs that are waiting for us to complete them,

    And we will also complete them by the end of the week…!

    I think it will be a tough week for me,

    Because I have to get the tents arranged and along with them a halwayi(a person who’s task is to prepare food) to prepare food for all of the days;

    Whew 😰

    A lot of responsibilities on these shoulders,

    But I have to man up,

    By picking them up and treading on my own pace gracefully…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    A book that I would re-read over again…!

    I’m pretty sure you haven’t met a person like me if you found out about my habits…!

    I have a crazy obsession with buying and collecting books that pique my interest;

    And when that happens,

    I find a book that I wanted out of the list that I keep on my phone or a couple of screenshots,

    I bring them home secretly and neatly keep it in my almirah and now it belongs to the said almirah…!

    😅😂

    I’ll have a few books outside in my drawer and I’ll scan a few pages and keep a bookmark that I got made from an artist called GREY,

    More about her at the end…

    —

    Those books stay in my drawer and another one of them stays on me in person which I read when I’m on the go,

    But that happens on rare occasions,

    Because even then I’m scribbling something in my notes app that I saw around me…!

    If you’re asking about re- reading that never happens,

    I don’t watch the same serial even a movie again which I’ve watched;

    But,

    If we are taking about a self help book or a book that gives me clarity,

    I often find my way around it…!

    In a crux,

    I don’t read a piece of text once I’ve gone through it,

    Until its words,

    Have had a lasting effect on my consciousness…!

    About the artist I mentioned,

    GREY OR Hritambhara Joshi..!

    She’s working out of Rajasthan,India;

    And she is a dark artist..!

    —

    Her Instagram-

    https://www.instagram.com/l___grey___l?igsh=MTlwNmdvaWhsd3NmbA==

    The sample photo of her work⬇️

    Front side which features this skeleton staring into your eyes…!
    The back side of it that mentions her name..!

    Do check her out if you want to buy bookmarks or even commission work which she does;

    I hope I made this edit before publishing this post,

    But,

    An extension of her Instagram where she has opened a studio with her friend

    Called Hrityaroop

    Link- https://www.instagram.com/_hrityaroop_?igsh=MWlveWJsOTJ5OGw0ag==

    And they make cute earrings and key chains too,

    I think they made a skull hair pin last I checked them out..!

    Do give them a review and place an order if you can, which will support their business…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • My morning ritual and A sad news…!

    My morning ritual and A sad news…!

    What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    The boon/bane of doing this daily is that whenever there is a problem with grammar,

    Punctuation,

    Or anything related to the English language;

    .

    All of it is aimed at you,

    Oh we know you write,

    Can you look at something…?

    And that something is a three page paragraph or an official looking letter that has to be submitted to the school or a bank…!

    🫩

    Other than that recently,

    I was tasked to develope the wedding card that invites all the family members,

    And let me tell you something…!

    .

    Each time I read it,

    It feels like I don’t know how to write;

    😢

    Because I see mistakes,

    And mistakes,

    Sometime in English sometime in Panjabi;

    .

    And to get a fresh perspective,

    I read it in the morning and come across new mistakes each time…!

    😫

    (Khair)

    I’ll be finalising it today and giving it to print—

    If things work out;

    About the day before,

    It was tightly packed and some of the work that was left will be completed today;

    Most of the work yesterday was of turning and forming shapes of round metal blanks into the required ones…!

    The same will happen today and I hope I will be free soon and will come back home to shop for essentials for the wedding…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    My morning ritual…!

    Often the alarm wakes me up at seven in the morning,

    But,

    some days it automatically happens that my eyes open at 6 or 6:20 like today…!

    .

    When my eyes open, I wake up and check today’s prompt and mould my thinking into a certain way that takes shape into this days prompt…

    .

    After spending a few minutes on the phone,

    I leave my bed and freshen up;

    Wash my face,

    brush my teeth and use the restroom…!

    .

    I usually eat a fruit or two before heading out for my morning walk,

    where I plan my entire day,

    And all the things that are supposed to happen…!

    .

    While I’m on the walk I write the morning prompt and pen down things that I have to do;

    The tasks that I have to accomplish today,

    While that happens,

    The mind makes assumptions and sets targets on its own;

    .

    I come back wash my face and hands because my pet joins me on the walk too,

    And

    I pet her oh so much…!

    —

    Later,

    I have my morning coffee and talk with my family,

    Take a bath and leave for work after wishing them Goodbye…!

    .

    That’s the first few hours of my routine,

    And the rest follows…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    A tragic news…

    —

    I just got the news that one of my bua,

    For the English readers it’s my paternal aunt,

    She passed away today,

    Early in the morning around 4:30 or 5…!

    —

    I hope her soul finds peace in the afterlife…!

    🕊️😔

    Are we ever ready for someone’s passing…?

    I thought to myself as I’m writing this,

    Aren’t we afraid that something like that might come to us someday,

    The sweet embrace of which we all have to get a taste of one day;

    —-

    To our surprise,

    we will,

    All of us will be there

    to experience it,

    But, never know how it feels…

    —

  • From Chawri bazaar to our minds :Aspects that make us unique…

    From Chawri bazaar to our minds :Aspects that make us unique…

    Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    —

    This day started early as I think I fell asleep at 10 last night…!

    I’m writing this at 7:10 in the morning…

    I spent entirety of the day outside,

    After waking up and making a post yesterday morning bere,

    I freshened up and went to my workplace to give a bundle of material to hardening,

    And before returning home I made my first trip to buy essentials like ghee and at home I had brunch…!

    After that I went out to buy munchies and other kitchen essentials from Dmart near our residence…

    On returning home and taking another shower, it was three by now…!

    I got ready and went to Chawri bazaar for getting the card made;

    We walked to metro and reached Chawri bazaar within 20 minutes…!

    The wait on the yellow line was oh so much…!

    And after walking another 10 minutes because we got off on the wrong exit we reached this shop that was in such a secluded spot I thought we were going to get lost there…!

    A street leading to another smaller one and another one leading to another…!

    —

    After giving them the format that we wanted,

    We waited and waited..!

    After getting no answer because the person who had to type wasn’t free;

    We decided that we will send them the pdf on our own and decided to return back home…!

    On our way back we decided to stop for pista badam milk which is famous in old Delhi;

    The name of the shop is

    Sudarshan Refreshment Centre…

    They also sell Kachori

    The small compartment that has kachori above and sabzi in the box below…!

    And on returning from the shop,

    I stopped by the Shri Gujrat Namkeen Bhadaar…!

    And bought some kaju both with pepper and plain salted…!

    Along with some thepla and fafda

    The fafda in question 😂
    Side view of the shop…!

    Before coming back home,

    We decided to buy some burgers for people back home from jumbo king burgers at Rajiv chowk…!

    And after waiting for it to get ready and sipping on our sprite;

    My sister and I talked about things like her suits and dresses,

    And on taking the burgers,

    We walked to the blue lines that led to our station and we got on the metro…!

    We decided to check out a Salon to get a basic idea of the rates of bridal makeup and they gave us a slip of 20k for bridal and additional 3k for each person that wanted to get their’s done…!

    —

    And we came out of the salon with a laughter on our face thinking it would be in the range of 10 maybe 15k range..!

    —

    So we will look for some more…!

    What a day it was…!!!!

    Coming back to the prompt…!

    Aspects that make us unique…

    If I’m asked this question,

    I’d answer this by saying that,

    the thought process

    and

    the behaviour

    That guides us to arrive at a conclusion works to make us unique…!

    If you have a corrupted thought process,

    Everything goes down from that place,

    Because it forces you to pick negative and bad thoughts more and after a point of time you feel forced to act upon them…!

    —

    And when that happens the behaviour reflects what goes on in the mind,

    To all of the world…!

    On the contrary,

    If you have a better managed thought process,

    A balance of both leaning towards good side more;

    —

    It reflects in the behavior and the people outside can see it too…!

    My answer would be a correct mindset with a positive thinking process,

    Along with that a behavior that reflects the same…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Waakiye—A concept and a rescue set free

    Waakiye—A concept and a rescue set free

    If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It was a slow day yesterday at work,

    A job that took the whole day but by the end of the day it was ready;

    Which I will have to give to harderning today on my day off…!

    It’s 8:18 and my day is packed to the brim…!

    —

    I have to go on shop for necessities like fruits and veggies,

    Biscuits and other munchies,

    Ghee and some seed oil for home…!

    —

    Other than that I have to go and make some edits to the cards and get them printed in a day or two;

    —

    Try and get a look at what we are going to give my sister in gold;

    Maybe a necklace or two;

    —

    And after that;

    Plan my entire evening getting information about catering, tents and internal decor for haldi, mehandi and ladies sangeet ceremony…!

    —

    Packed to the brim,

    Am I not…?

    Coming back to the prompt…

    Something named after me…!

    I’d love it if a concept or a phenomenon would be called Waakiye;

    —

    Something that stays in theory and often crosses into the practical world;

    —

    I’d love if it meant to be in a mental state of feeling that signifies being in a comfortable position,

    Something like open to all the wellness and filtering out all the negativity…

    I’d never want it to be a building or a road or a venue—

    Because I’ve seen the type of hatred people have towards the way things are named and people move to change it ever so often…!

    —

    So,

    Having a venue named after me and later changed just because a politician thinks that my name rings of a religious belief that are different from theirs;

    It would be a shame to my name and my legacy if something was named once by the masses and then changed because they don’t feel I resonate with them…!

    But if the name stays as a concept or a feeling;

    It’s destined to stay even if I’m not…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    A squirrel that we rescued…!

    I hope you do remember,

    The same young dog that was carrying the pigeons that we recently rescued was chasing this baby squirrel and we rescued it from under a car that it sat patiently waiting for us…!

    And after keeping it for a few days,

    As it escaped from the box a few times and eating a healthy amount of seeds and drinking enough water it was ready for the free world…!

    So my sister released it in the evening and it went up the tree,

    Never to be found again today…!

    We named him

    Gillu or गिल्लू

    The first few words of the hindi word

    गिलहरी which directly translates to squirrel

    🐿️

    A close shot
    Our pet, Mithu curiously looking at what we brought in this time🤨

  • Astute observations and sensible chuckles…

    Astute observations and sensible chuckles…

    What makes you laugh?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s currently 7:44 in the morning and it’s a fast paced Sunday for me…

    It’s about to be 8 in a couple of minutes and the rest of the day will run fast too;

    I cannot tell you why is that,

    But I do remember making a post about time quickening;

    And I’ll attach the link below 👇

    Already answered prompts and the Time Quickening…!

    A topic that I answered some time back when a string of already answered prompts came to me…!

    (Khair…)

    It was a mildly busy day yesterday;

    A few jobs that we had to finish by the evening,

    And it was safe return back home;

    I don’t remember much about last night tho,

    Eating food,

    Roaming a bit and writing something about the situation that is going on right now and then falling asleep with my phone in my hand;

    On waking up at 3:53 to the sounds of dogs howling and finding no one I came back and tried to fall asleep,

    But that didn’t happen for at least half an hour;

    So I picked up my phone and on seeing 25% I put it on my wireless charger and picked my other phone up…!

    After scrolling reels for half hour,

    I fell asleep again and woke up at 7 in the morning…

    And here we are—

    Coming back to the prompt

    What makes me laugh…?

    I really don’t know…!

    Thinking on the top of my head it would be some funny videos,

    Particularly if I were to mention a duo,

    It would be from Albela TV;

    Mainly Saleem albela and Goga Pasroori ;

    They are a duo from Pakistan and they put themselves in situations and tease each other by taking jabs at each other in jokes;

    Which are called Jugat or चुटकुले in Hindi…

    —

    When I’m down or feeling sad or bad,

    I usually watch a video or two by them and all sadness fades away as I laugh so hard each time…!

    Other than that,

    When I’m with my friends,

    And people who I deeply love and care for;

    —

    We usually end up in laughter each time we meet talking about the situation we are in and the funny things that happen to us;

    The jokes deepen and we end up stopping each other to catch our breaths…!

    Other than that,

    I look at the conditions that we have pulled ourselves in by our representatives that we chose and brought to power;

    The increase in crime and rising hatred towards each other(specifically women and girls child)

    It is a blessing of those people who advocated that survival is trivial and by saying

    “हमारा देश खतरे में है,

    हिंदू धर्म खतरे में है…!”

    —

    But,

    When you look at it from afar,

    You see all of the high level positions taken up by Hindu;

    —

    So you’d think they’d at least be secure of the fact that they are safe and none of their people in their surroundings would give up on them…?

    But,

    It doesn’t work like that,

    They feel fear and incite it amongst the masses…

    —

    And there are people who believe that there is fear and that fact is funny to me;

    —

    Funny to a point that I have a sensible chuckle about it that never in my life have I seen such a blatant disregard towards other people who don’t belong to the same religion as you…!

    A thought that lingers longer than it should in my mind…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A dream I must have had at age five…!

    A dream I must have had at age five…!

    When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s a Saturday for me here and I hope you too are blessed to see the light of this day…!

    —

    Spend some time in sunlight,

    Just sit; don’t move or worry about anything,

    Just absorb it for maybe 10 minutes…!

    —

    It’s currently 7:39 in the morning as I’m writing this one…!

    —

    Nothing much happened yesterday,

    It was a usual business day but I had to return earlier to decide on the cards that we have to give to our relatives and those who live around us to invite people to my sister’s wedding…!

    —

    And after deciding on a raw version of the script I wrote with my sister and mom,

    We are on the process of refining it and it will be done today,

    And it will be sent for printing…

    —

    Oh,

    The days are getting close,

    But so is this voice in my heart that feels sad because she will be going away,

    Our chatterbox and source of chaos is going away…!

    🥲🥹

    (Khair…)

    Life it is…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    My plans for the future when I was five

    When I was five I was probably in LKG,

    A step above nursery,

    Junior kindergarten for those who don’t understand it…!

    I was probably learning numbers and alphabets,

    Maybe I was reading them on my own with errors,

    Filling those books which had big letters and they gave us directions like slanting line, straight line or a line across…!

    And I was filling them up chaotically and also messing them up BIG TIME 😂

    I think this is the time I was learning to join words and learning about my family or my parents,

    Learning basic shapes and concepts of things that helped me be who I am today…!

    I hope you recognise what I’m trying to get at…!

    I couldn’t get enough of what was happening and I think I wouldn’t even be thinking about my future;

    All I would be thinking about is what I am going to do tomorrow when I walk into that class of mine and what is going to be in the lunchbox which I am going to share with my newfound friends…!

    I think I’d have in mind to be a teacher because each day we looked upto them and we would’ve been in awe,

    Like how she knew so much about things that we were learning…!

    Other than that,

    I must have been inspired to be a fireman or an artist;

    The range goes way beyond this tbh;

    We were blank slates,

    Pure at hearts,

    Waiting to be painted and then presented to the world…

    I wouldn’t have given two thoughts about my future but my daily life that would have been a blast let me tell you that,

    Meeting friends and messing up while learning;

    Can we ever get that back,

    Those times back…?!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A promise and an obsession…!

    A promise and an obsession…!

    How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    After spending last evening feeling bad about something, even I don’t know about;

    Maybe it’s the situation that I’m trapped in right now,

    Or,

    Maybe the pileup of responsibilities that have gotten heavier as each day passes,

    I wrote about the sweet nature of death in hinglish and the circular nature of grief;

    Technically about those who were once with you but now they aren’t;

    But now they lay flat in the ground or their ashes sit in an urn or maybe the same ashes were put into to a river that is considered holy…!

    The piece waits to scratch something hidden within your heart or a memory waiting to be remembered once again;

    —

    That’s how it felt as I was writing this one;

    —

    Remembering those who have gone far away,

    Maybe they have taken birth into this world again or they’re free from the cycle;

    Maybe this evening…

    (Please remind me because I’ve become more forgetful…)

    Coming back to the prompt…

    Saying “No” when my goals are at stake…!

    It might not seem like it but,

    When things come to my dreams and my goals I quit everything that is around me…!

    I turn away from things no matter how important it might be,

    I just up and walk in the general direction that leads me to the place that demand my attention…!

    Even if it means taking myself away from the short term things that help me survive daily…!

    One of those is my business,

    For its betterment I’ve given up practically my whole life and not pursue my college education,

    Only because of a person who isn’t there with us anymore,

    But,

    A promise made to that person stays with me,

    Maybe he’s watching me from afar,

    And thinking to himself that,

    He is still working each day and is keeping his word…!

    —-

    So, for a promise and a dream that we took together,

    A son still works even when he doesn’t want to…!

    Other one is writing

    For this,

    All of this, for this penmanship I’ve been to places that are dingiest ones I’ve seen—

    .

    I’ve been to places that you wouldn’t otherwise even think of going physically and mentally…!

    .

    Fixated on things for weeks at a single span and when something fruitful comes out of it;

    .

    It’s for the world to enjoy as much as it was for me to write…

    .

    I’ve said no to loved ones in the past for leaving me behind to come up with things that I never regret….!

    It would make you think that there isn’t much that I have to survive,

    .

    A medley of these two things;

    .

    And just like that,

    I’ve found a reason to live,

    A reason to survive each day;

    A promise to someone and an obsession that keeps me functioning…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍