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momina's avatar

OHMYGOD???? this had me hold my breath throughout. THE URDU PART???? THE VOCABULARY???? THE STRUCTURE???? im in awe. this was absolutely GORGEOUS sameh u can do magic

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sameh rida's avatar

OMG coming from YOUUU 🥺🥺

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Wasia's avatar

im absolutely crashing out (in the best way) this was one of THE PRETTIEST THINGS IVE EVER READ ALLAHUMMA BARIK. i had to recover from your last post but THIS??? girrrlllll this was on a WHOLE different level. there’s something about the language of flowers in the Urdu section that punched me straight in the heart i love it Sameh 😭

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sameh rida's avatar

wa baarik feeki 💜💜 THANK YOUUUU 🥺🥺🥺

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Theo's avatar

I had to read this so many times and I still don't get half of it that's how you know it's great

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sameh rida's avatar

thank you so much for reading!

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Walyullah's avatar

Sameh. I wrote this huge long amazing comment. But ducking subcstack fumbled it. Im so sorry but i cant write all that again 😭

The urdu was mic drop. We need your poems on our shelves someday soon. Keep writing and sharing:)

Lowkey need to collab with u sometime

Fav part about the smoker dude story was how the smell from his jacket settled into the oils on her skin.

Seriously crazy good work. Ur only 23 (i think). Imagine what u'll pen in 23 more years. And then 23 more. There's some gold every time u pan river silt, so keep writing and sharing, even if u think its not good enough.

(My first comment was so much longer and better 😭😭😭)

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sameh rida's avatar

did you just guess my age 😭 thank you so much for reading and responding. and yes a collab sounds fun 👀

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Walyullah's avatar

Loll im pretty sure u had it up on ur bio or something, or maybe i did guess 😭

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sameh rida's avatar

i did not lol

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Walyullah's avatar

Looool where did "23" enter my head as part of your information 😂

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Rimsha's avatar

this is absolutely stunning💕

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sameh rida's avatar

thank you 💜

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momina's avatar

in love w this please write moreeee of these

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momina's avatar

and now im crying too because this awakened the ache ive been trying to bury, and trust me nothing has done the awakening in a long time lol

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sameh rida's avatar

oh no oh no i hope not a bad ache

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