sarahovy

[sarahovy]

We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me.

— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

[sarahovy]

A life without you is like being stranded, blindfolded and my mouth taped shut. It’s like constantly running in the race but never winning. Like being allergic to the wind. Like the only thing I am able to do is continuously pine for you. It’s being cutting a birthday cake with 4 slices missing. It’s like wearing cashmere in July. Being anywhere without you feels like my heart has just stopped.

Lamiya Waheed / baby come closer ii

[sarahovy]

“I can’t dream of new beginnings without your memory tugging at me, reminding me that we never ended.”

— Sarah Ovais / Infinity

[sarahovy]

“It comes crashing at me, in giant, turbulent waves — thoughts of you. And I’m there again — drowning and gasping for air in your reverie. I can’t swim this ocean without you breathing into my corrupted lungs.”

— Oxygen.

-S.O

[sarahovy]

Amplified fears, hidden secrets come to light; in a sea of faces, find a new prey, show her your scars, hold her tight. Devour her, expose yourself, unmask her as she puts up a fight. I wish you well, but she’ll need it more, to wash off the stains of the night.

— Sarah Ovais / Predator

[sarahovy]

“Remind me to forget; how do I undo you from every part of me?”

— Sarah Ovais / imprinted

[sarahovy]

“To hold another hand, to retrace steps we took, feels like I’m drawing over our tapestry; colouring over the sketches of you I tucked away protectively. I’m undoing you with every touch, every kiss; like I will lose the memories we so carefully curated. Everything feels strange. For making everything unfamiliar familiar, I only have you to blame.”

— Sarah Ovais / because you gave up

[sarahovy]

“I look at the sun; blinding me, creating lingering shadows and hidden silhouettes. I wonder —are you looking at it? Your sunset coloured eyes, guarding untold secrets, always hiding, in a universe full of surprise.”

— Sarah Ovais / sunkissed

[sarahovy]

“I live in your aftermath; within the remains of our destruction, amongst the wreckage left of ‘us’. I grieve as I feel every part of the carcass left; it’s sharp edges scattered on the cold concrete, reminding me of the life it once lived. A life it would never live again.”

— Sarah Ovais / loss

[sarahovy]

“I am suffering and you can’t even see it.”

— Sarah Ovais / Alone

[sarahovy]

“‪The crevices of your neck, so deeply ingrained in my mind, the essence of you, wrapped around my soul; I keep longing for you; like a dull ache that I carry within me, everywhere I am; constantly searching for you; my yearning for you is now entrenched in every part of me; like a vivid memory, from my childhood; distant and far, but I don’t want to forget, I keep trying to relive. I keep trying to replicate the world we created; the way it felt with you, and everything is always falling short.‬”

— Sarah Ovais / losing you

[sarahovy]

“You think I’m magic - almost in awe of me; you place me on a pedestal, but your fingers never let go of my hand, because you know I could fall, and you’ll be there to catch me when I do.”

— Sarah Ovais

[sarahovy]

“It’s feeling familiar in the unfamiliar, the first reason to smile when you’ve barely opened your eyes, the last thought that keeps you awake in the dark; it’s a force that draws you in, immerses you, captivates you; a spellbinding thread that bonds you; stealing glances in crowded spaces with eyes that melt you in a heartbeat; it’s a smile that mesmerises you, that lights up your whole world; a smell that lingers on your mind for hours, days and weeks; it’s finding comfort in knowing you’ll see them again, because you can never drift too far away from the feeling like you’ve finally found a place where you belong.”

- Sarah Ovais / When you ask me what is love

[sarahovy]

“I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.”

— Arundhati Roy

[sarahovy]

I have so carefully pieced myself back together: filled the void that ached my very being with the comfort of others. The balance is ever so fragile, sometimes ruffled by the smallest of movements: causing a hurricane within me. Sometimes just steady enough to get me through the day.

Sarah Ovais

[sarahovy]

I want to feel the salt against my skin, I want to walk on a beach at the crack of dawn, with a tipsy mind, a bottle of wine and heels in hand.

Sarah Ovais

[sarahovy]

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”

Khalil Gibran, The Prophet