I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.

In our vague restlessness stemming from the quotidian, we long to travel to the far-flung places of the earth that seem to hold the unconditional promise of allowing one to begin completely anew. A place where we can embark on a new life with a fresh identity, to pursue new dreams in a fresh environment— a safe space— where no one knows our names.

فَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا

“Everyone has a soulmate, but I think some live in a different era, and some are in the form of a flower or are born thousands of miles apart, so not everyone gets to meet their soulmate…it’s tragic but it makes it more beautiful when soulmates do find each other.”