Love and loss
> “Vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you, but it’s the last thing I want you to see in me. In you, it’s courage. In me, it’s inadequacy. In you, it’s strength and lovability. In me, it’s shame.” — Brené Brown
hudasubstack.commy heart is of your shape,
and i don’t know how else to explain that
without sounding foolish,
but there is no extra room inside me anymore,
no empty corner waiting to be filled,
it fits you exactly,
not an inch more, not an inch less,
and even on the days i cannot recognize myself,
even on the days i feel too broken to belong anywhere,
my heart still knows... See more
and i don’t know how else to explain that
without sounding foolish,
but there is no extra room inside me anymore,
no empty corner waiting to be filled,
it fits you exactly,
not an inch more, not an inch less,
and even on the days i cannot recognize myself,
even on the days i feel too broken to belong anywhere,
my heart still knows... See more
Doves hold a deep significance in Sufism, often representing the soul’s yearning for union with the Divine in poetry. The dove, both gentle and pure, embodies the ideal of spiritual love in its most elevated form. Doves are monogamous and often pair for life. The dove, like the Lover, is constantly in search of the Beloved, flying through an... See more
In Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, yearning for the Divine is referred to as talab (spiritual yearning) and ishq (divine love). For the Sufis yearning for unification with the Divine is a state of the most intense love— a yearning that pulls towards the ultimate truth. Talab is the want for something that can only be found externally, with... See more
