poetry escape 2025-09-18T13:29:17Z

The antiseptic sting of hospital air clung to my throat as fluorescent lights hummed above vinyl chairs. Outside the ICU doors, minutes bled into hours while machines beeped a dissonant symphony behind thick walls. My knuckles whitened around the phone – that useless slab of glass – until I remembered the crimson icon tucked between productivity apps. Urdu Novels Collection. Last refuge of the soul-weary.