“I hid myself behind Baba. It was like being in the shadow. Shadows are empty places in things. The colour of shadow is also black, which is the color of empty things. Blackboard is also black when it is empty No one can draw shadows on blackboards because shadows keep on changing. You cannot draw changing things. But it happens, you know; you draw and you look and it has changed.” PakistanThingsBlackboardKarachiBilal TanweerThe Scatter Here Is Too Great Book:The Scatter Here Is Too Great Source: The Scatter Here Is Too Great
“Now, standing here, it is clear as day: more than anything else, you want to find words for what you feel and think and everything that is dark. And then this terrifying thought hits you: Yes, your father wrote poetry to find a language for his wounds. Yes, you in your own way have become your father” PoetryFatherPakistanKarachiBilal TanweerThe Scatter Here Is Too Great Book:The Scatter Here Is Too Great Source: The Scatter Here Is Too Great