Waakiye

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  • A bond that still exists after the person is long gone…!

    A bond that still exists after the person is long gone…!

    Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    A slow morning and I skipped my morning routine today,

    I woke up thirsty at 5 in the morning and didn’t have any energy to wake up,

    so I stayed in my bed for half hour dying of thirst…!

    I got up eventually at 5:40 brushed my teeth and drank a whole jug of water and fell asleep again…!

    I woke up yet again at 7:45 with my maid and after a span of 15 minutes I was woken up yet again,

    because a person came in for the blood test of my sister…!

    I sat on my bed and waited as they took blood sample and other samples,

    And,

    A QR code was brought my way,

    and after scanning my Face ID the payment went through…!

    I was told that I can go back to sleep again…!

    like that was possible now…!?

    😢

    So I scrolled some and decided to read some pages of the book that I had on my side table…!

    A person whom I found randomly on Ig and ordered a book from them,

    their first book and I’ve loved it…

    And,

    as soon as I’m done with it,

    I’ll leave a review…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    A decision made in the past that helped me grow…

    There are a lot to things that happened in the past that shaped me into who I am today..!

    There are friendships that I started that I have regret and they on their own fell off…!

    There are relationships that I started and those broke up because I wasn’t in the right space to accept a person in my life at that time,
    making it one of those things that have a significant impact on how I perceive love and affection today…!

    Because even to this day, when someone tries to come near me, my normal reaction is something of a defensive standpoint…!

    and I often tell people I don’t feel like I was made to be in love or in general liked;

    But being of help that is what I was made for….

    and I hope I did that well..!

    I had to cut off people who were spreading misinformation which came with tags that are associated with me or my name(They still are…)

    But,

    I don’t care and people already come with pre-formatted idea and their ideas break once they talk to me or get to know me more…!

    A big decision I made in life is choosing to sacrifice my regular college life,

    I spent those years learning basic things about my business and now it’s something that runs on my shoulders…!

    And spending those years interacting with people and building my profile,

    I got to spend what limited time I had with my father working with him and learning the skills..!

    and until his end I was there with him and it made our bond deeper and brought more peace and joy in his life that his next generation likes to work with their hand and embraces the legacy that he built…!

    A decision I made back then in hope that it made his life better and he was able to leave this world in peace and a sense of happiness…!

    Miss you dad forever ♾️

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A perspective and a conversation about cremation ground…!

    A perspective and a conversation about cremation ground…!

    What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Another day spent tiring myself at work after which I went out to deliver some cards and bhaji boxes,

    which will end by this evening I think…!

    😅🤞

    Work was tiring,

    but,

    A sense of accomplishment is felt by me when I feel tired and return home,

    My bed feels very precious and I want that good sleep blesses everyone after a hard day at work…!

    I also got a different perspective to view life as one of the person who I delivered the card to and the conditions they were living in broke me down;

    but,

    I couldn’t get anything on my face,

    Maybe I’ll put it out in the form of a story later this evening…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    A place that I don’t want to visit and reason behind it

    There is a truth that all of us know,

    but none of us are ready to accept it—

    We are born with a promise that we have it written in our fate—

    Death,

    it’s death I’m talking about;

    There is no bigger loss than losing someone,

    but,

    As soon as someone is born,

    they have been promised it,

    and no matter how much we try to avoid it,

    We are found by its embrace,

    Some consider it sweet,

    some painful;

    But,

    for those who are survived by them,

    it feels like a vital part of their body is taken away from them…!

    And,

    A place that I hope no one has to visit is,

    A burial ground and/or a cremation ground…!

    I know it’s an essential part of life,

    death itself is essential in a way,

    it teaches you to move ahead no matter how close the person is/was;

    But,

    the visit to such a place leaves you hanging,

    and whenever you travel infront of it,

    A mental image takes shape of the person and the act of their pyres burning or their body being lowered down into the ground…!

    Something that is necessary for the people who are dependent on it

    I.e. it’s their livelihood;

    I hope no-one has to visit it ever,

    but eventually we have to,

    and that leaves us with memories that haunt us forever,

    and after some time come to terms with it as it becomes somewhat of a common occurrence…!

    Ngl,

    I’ve seen a second death in this year,

    in our family only;

    And,

    this heart slips as soon as I get a call at odd hours;

    A place where ending is visible,

    but numerous questions remain which we are in no position to answer

    and

    practically don’t have an answer for…!

    A place where ground speaks more truth than any person or any entity ever could…!

    I hope that every soul that departs this earth finds a better afterlife,

    or,

    a better life than their last one…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    A photo I took before leaving work…!
  • Still writing, In the arms of a loved one while witnessing greatness…!

    Still writing, In the arms of a loved one while witnessing greatness…!

    Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    After spending the whole 10 hours yesterday shaving myself off to get a job done,

    which was simply turning round blanks into required diameters,

    But the sheer amount of material I had to hack off mattered,

    some were a millimetre over,

    some were at least a five or six millimetre over and I made significant dent on the amount by finishing off five sizes and the rest will be picked up yet again on Tuesday…!

    About today,

    I’ll be getting bhaji boxes delivered and I will give it to the people who live near me and a few of my friends who live near and try to give it to atleast one person who lives far…!

    because from tomorrow onwards we will give it to those who aren’t open today…

    Other than that,

    it’s going to be a long day because we will go shppping too,

    A few things that we have to buy for Milni rasam(A programme where the family of the bride and groom meet officially infront of the people and exchange gifts…)

    Another jam packed Monday it is,

    but only two weeks are left…!

    🥲😅

    Coming back to the prompt

    Where do I see myself in 10 years

    This prompt wouldn’t have come at a better time, As we are in this transition phase and my sister is going to be married off;

    Giving me a lot of things to look forward to;

    And,

    At the same time they are telling me to get married too,

    because it will be a lot of pressure on Mom

    because she will be all alone within a few days as the guests will leave after the marriage;

    Something that I’m nodding to right now,

    —

    I have no clue how any of this will come true…!

    But we have hope…!

    Pulling myself back to the question—

    well I do plan on playing with my niece and/or nephew;

    ——

    I do plan on having a ring on my finger too and the love of my life with me;

    Waking up and seeing her face and thinking I wrote about this ten years ago and that day has come true…!(well not 10 years exactly, it can be a few years minus or plus too…)

    And I hope,

    I really, really hope that my mom is there to bless her grandkids and they get the love of her grandma even if I wasn’t fortunate enough to get it…!

    🥹

    I know I have chosen a better path for myself and am able to get what I want and the people who are around me are able to live a happy life because of that…!

    because all those who are with me now,

    I plan to take them up with me;


    And all of those who didn’t trust me

    or left me just because they thought all of this would go down in vain,

    it becomes my purpose to shine infront of them…!

    A life where all the levels and graphs,

    were picked up and brought up by my sincere efforts and sheer dedication…!

    A life made to enjoy by those who are around me

    I hope,

    I’m still writing prompts and active here daily and every once in a while I come to post something that is appealing…!

    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 🤍

  • A letter penned to those who are long gone…!

    A letter penned to those who are long gone…!

    How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Yesterday’s prompt ended with a tragic news—

    A paternal aunt,

    Well the last surviving one,

    passed away in her sleep…!

    .

    I wasn’t able to go because we are hosting the marriage of my sister this month;

    Neither me, my mom nor my sister were able to go;

    —

    So,

    My uncle went with his son,

    To Ambala, Haryana;

    Where she breathed her last…!

    —

    All I felt as I went to work were the blues and a sense of loss,

    Because I do remember that we were talking about inviting her and her family by going to her residence this weekend…!

    —

    (Khair…)

    Can we say anything in-front of the face of death,

    Except—

    Accepting the fate and clearing up all the problems and confusions…?

    Coming back to the prompt

    An already answered prompt…!

    😅

    No,

    I’m not joking…!🙃

    Here’s the proof…!

    And I believe in not answering the same question in the same way without much considerable changes in the environment or the context of the question

    I’ll be sharing what I wrote some time before but made the final edits yesterday…!

    Which continued to reflect on death and its sweet nature..!

    Kyaa Maut Khoobsurat Nahi…?

    Aap ek baar—

    Aakhri baar milte ho unko,

    Jinka parbhaav thaa aapki zindagi par;

    Aur,

    Uske baad yaa toh woh shav lakkad’on ke havale hota ha;

    Ya woh Kisi casket main,
    iss dharti ke naam ho jaata ha;

    Ya safed kapde main lapet,
    Woh kisi kabar main dafan ho jaata hai;

    ——

    Ek baar,

    Bas ek baar mauka hota ha unko dekhne ka,

    Unki chavi apne mann main utarne kaa,

    Bass,

    Bass ek mauka milta ha Unko aakhri baar,

    Apni zindagi main—
    Apni is choti se chaar dinon ke zindagi main,
    Unko dekhne ka;

    ——
    Aur uske baad kyaa…?
    ——

    Kya yaad aata ha kisi paraye ko…?

    Kya yaad aata ha kisi gair ko…?

    Kya kisi ke khyaal main bhee aata ha unka chehra—

    unke Kareebi’on ko chord;

    —

    Jo aaye unse,

    Jinka unke saath roz ka milna,

    Jinke saath bitaaye woh khushi ke pal,

    Aur woh,
    Jinke saath zindagi jeene ka waada kar baithe thay;

    —

    Unke bhee chet main aaye kabhi kabhaar abh woh chehra,

    Dunya toh kabh kaa bhulaa deti hai;

    —

    Kabhi iss layak ho paaye toh akhbaar main patti lagwane par,

    Kisi bande ke chet main aaye toh woh phone kar le,

    Warna samay kiske paas itna jo mere saath baithe,
    Dukh farol’ay—

    Kya aisa hee hona mere saath…?


    Kuch pal unn ghar walo kee yaadon main,
    Aur phir kabhi kabhaar;

    Par khusi iss baat kee,
    Kee aaj bhee yaad aate hain,

    Nahi nikle poore tareeke se,
    Mere mann se—

    Kya karu…?
    Aaj bhee yaad aate ha,
    bohot yaad aate hain,
    Jo chale gaye mujhse dur—
    —
    —

    Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

    Jaane ke kayi saalon baad bhee yaad aate hain,

    Woh jinka saaya aaj hamare aas-paas nahi,

    Par kahi,
    apne aap ko sukoon,
    ke,
    kisi tareeke se bacha rahe ha humay,

    Woh jo gaye hamse dur…!!!

    Kya,
    Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

    A treat to all those who went through the trials and tribulations of time and still remember their loved ones…!

    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 🤍

  • Time, Temptations, and the Roads We Choose…

    Time, Temptations, and the Roads We Choose…

    You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

    Hey…

    —

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    —

    After waking up at 7:30 and wanting to stay a bit more in my bed made me realise it’s almost 8;

    I got up and changed my clothes and went out on my walk after my morning routine..!

    —

    It’s currently 8:05 in the morning as I’m writing this one…!

    —

    I’m really thinking what is there to talk about and what happened yesterday…!

    In the evening,

    I really wanted to have a drink as I stared at those bottles for in my cabinet;

    —

    Well,

    Those glass bottles remind me of happy times that I spent with people around me,

    But;

    They also make me realise those night I spent drinking all alone,

    And drinking until I couldn’t and then going to sleep…!

    Both the positives and negatives of drinking(heavy emphasis on the negatives…)

    Well you’re socialising,

    I know,

    But it harms,

    Even a drop harms when it comes to your body…!

    —

    In that case the mind wants more and more each time…!

    —

    The glass is empty and your friend’s isn’t,

    He’ll pour you another one…

    A dangerous cycle it becomes…!

    (Khair…)

    It’s better to quit when you can,

    Before all of the bills pile up and you are spending your days in recovery…!

    —

    Beware it’s a habit that kills, along with smoking and those hard drugs…

    Coming back to the prompt

    Cross country trip and my mode of transportation…!

    Well,

    This prompt critically sums up a problem within that isn’t visible on the surface…

    It’s your opinion on how do you value time…?

    When travelling by air,

    You reduce time spent travelling to mere hours or maximum of 20 hours from wherever you stand…!

    —

    And when you look at it,

    You get the shortest path from one point to other…

    But by traveling by air,

    You cannot get to know people that you would otherwise on any other mode of transportation..!

    —

    And even if you consider the person sitting on your left , right or both if you’re sitting in the middle…!

    If you’re travelling by train,

    You’ll find people from all walks of life,

    From bottom to upper class a mix that you won’t find anywhere…!

    —

    They travel with the same purpose of reaching from point A to point B,

    And you can pay more to reach there faster,

    But that is at no comparison with travelling by air as it takes significant more hours and days at a time to reach if you want to even travel within the national borders…!

    Travelling by bus is a worth if you travel a lot though the night;

    Because you can sit in a bus in the evening around 6 and by 6 in the morning you can travel well across national borders,

    You can go one/two states over…!

    —

    Accounting in it maybe an hour or two of stopping for passengers and their wellness…!

    Well at last comes travelling by car/bike

    Something that I live and have immense love for…!

    —

    You can travel at your pace,

    Absorbing everything that comes with it…

    By meeting new people and comeing across avenues of life that weren’t possible travelling any other way…

    —

    Because if you see a picturesque scene,

    You can just stop,

    Jump out of your car or off your bike absorbing everything that exists and maybe take a few pictures as a keepsake…!

    —

    Also you meet people who are either going or coming back from the place that you want to go…

    —

    You can travel at your pace and return as you wish,

    A drawback that it’s the slowest form of travel and takes more than hours and days, weeks if you plan on travelling cross borders(plural borders…!)

    How to save travel time is essentially the question here…!

    And how you value your time differs from person to person..!

    —

    If you want to travel fast and reach quicker travelling by air is you go to,

    All other options are considerably less when compared to airway but with their own pros and cons…!

    If I had a chance I would travel cross borders on my car,

    If I can get my hands on such free and open time in my tightly packed schedule;

    Along with the money to afford visas and regular maintenance of the ride and those who are tagging along with me,

    My loved ones…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Two phases in my life that were hard to let go…

    Two phases in my life that were hard to let go…

    Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It feels after a long time a prompt has come that I haven’t answered, and I’m all in for making this one a good read also to explore an avenue in my life that I suppressed…!

    A view into my life first, I’ve been looking for banquets each day after work and I’ve decided on two who are near the gurudwara which makes the travel easier and other programmes seamlessly connect with each other…!

    Well both of them are far from our home because we don’t have a banquet near our home…!

    So a lot of time has went into considering a good place and getting more out of our money…!

    Other than that,

    Work is going well,

    Because we are working each day and exploring new avenues and way to achieve the goals that we desire…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    A phase which was difficult to say goodbye to

    It isn’t easier to let go of things that made an impact in our lives isn’t it…?

    But,

    There are certain things that make them all worth your while and leave an everlasting impression on you…!

    Well losing someone who’s close to our hearts would be the first one…!

    A female dog birthed two kids and passed away right infront of our house;

    We took in her kids and within a span of few weeks both of them passed away as they were very little and weren’t able to get their mothers feed which was very important for their growth and their first few weeks here on earth…!

    We tried to get another female dog that also birthed a litter of puppies a few kilometres away but she rejected them and tried to bite them when we let them within her litter…

    On the offset that she might run away from her kids we brought them to our home and tried our best to save them—

    But fate had something else planned…!

    (Khair…)

    Another one would be parting away from someone who we thought were the love of our life…!

    Imagine you building your life around someone and they give up on you because their family planned something else or they found a more viable partner…?

    Something that breaks you from the very core and a mere sense of trust that you had breaks and shatters, making you lose yourself…!

    Well I hope it doesn’t happen with anyone else ever again…!

    I think,

    The things that happen around us shape us in a way that we were meant to have a grab of—

    I don’t mean passing away of a loved one is something that is good or builds character;

    But,

    It gives you a chance to see into the life by letting you see who is a real one and who was in just to leech off of you…!

    Who stands with you when time isn’t working with you…!

    And who all move away from you or face away when you get the short end of the stick…!

    Let’s not forget that all of us have to taste the sweet embrace of death once in our life and we won’t be here to witness what it feels like…!

    Keep those who are near to you near and tell them you love them…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Doing away with dual meaning and walking away from people…!

    Doing away with dual meaning and walking away from people…!

    If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Another already answered prompt forcing me to cut short my answer and get into one of my saved posts or getting into my notes app to find something worthy of your time…!

    Well an answer for the prompt would be something like this…!

    I wouldn’t necessarily ban a word because I’m not in a position to do that,

    But,

    what I’d like to happen is to do away with the dual meaning of words that happen after another generation picks it up…!

    For example the word

    Cooked,

    Meant that the “food was ready” but these days it means something else entirely…!

    These days in slang it means “to be in big trouble or exhausted”

    This duality has ruined a lot of words like

    Slay

    Glaze

    Bet

    Tea

    The list goes on and on…!

    I would do away with this duality because it’s hard for me to search for the meaning behind the slangs all the time…!

    One of my posts underneath ⏬

    You only see what you want!

    Don’t you…?

    No…

    Sometimes,

    They only show what they want to be seen as,
    and they’re so good at it,
    you come to know this later…!

    They aren’t even a speck of what they act,
    like their behaviour and their actions can be the polar opposite of what they are with someone else…

    Glad I came and distanced myself,
    or rather,
    I’m glad things came up and brought distance between us…

    Now that I sit back and see,
    I cannot agree more with those pointing fingers at you because of who you are,
    rather,
    what sort of a person you are…

    I’m glad and breathe in peace,
    That,
    There won’t be any fingers pointed at me,
    for the fact that I am still in contact with you…!

    (P.s.
    I might have been in contact with you once,
    but,
    all of our connections are long gone,

    And I have not a single speck of regret for that…!)

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍