Poetry is the echo of the soul's unspoken confessions. These poems are fragments of my mind-places of silence, of longing, and of confrontation with the shadows that dwell within. Like walking through a house at midnight, each word trembles between light and darkness, between despair and fleeting glimpses of clarity.

This collection is not a journey toward comfort. It is a mirror held up to the self, a place where readers may encounter the raw and often uncomfortable truths that we hide from the world.

May these words whisper, tremble, and perhaps, in their own quiet way, leave you unsettled.

• Fazal Abubakkar Esaf