Syed Umar

Joined April 2025

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"Author | Creative Writer

I craft heartfelt stories and thought-provoking articles from emotional romance and real-life reflections to fiction that lingers in the soul. Writing isn’t just my passion it’s how I connect, heal, and inspire.

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Soul bound
It started on a rainy Thursday in Karachi, not the kind of rain that floods the streets, just a soft drizzle that made the city smell like wet earth and chai. He was waiting under a broken tin shed outside the coffee shop, scrolling through his phone like it was a habit, not interest. She showed up late, jeans rolled at the ankles, hair damp and wild like she’d run through a cloud. Her name was Zara.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Humans
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
They say the hardest part of life isn’t being alone it’s feeling alone while surrounded by people. That’s what I lived through. I didn’t know it had a name, but I later learned it’s called emotional loneliness. And honestly, it’s the kind that quietly breaks you from the inside out.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Psyche
Learn to Love Yourself
I don’t remember the exact moment I stopped loving myself. Maybe it was somewhere between comparing myself to others and trying to meet everyone's expectations. Or maybe it was all those times I smiled while quietly breaking inside. What I do remember is this: one morning, I looked in the mirror and felt nothing. No spark, no confidence, not even sadness. Just emptiness.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Motivation
The World’s Most Peaceful Painting
In the quiet village of Sils Maria, nestled in the Swiss Alps, there’s a painting that has become a silent legend. It doesn’t hang in a major museum, and the artist behind it wasn’t world-renowned. But those who have seen it walk away changed. Many call it the world’s most peaceful painting, not because of fame or technique, but because of the stillness it brings to anyone who stands before it.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Art
The Day the Ordinary Became Legendary
Introduction Mr. Abernathy lived two houses down, a man so utterly, charmingly ordinary that he almost faded into the suburban landscape. His lawn was always neatly trimmed, his car a sensible sedan, and his daily routine as predictable as the sunrise. Every morning, precisely at 7:15 AM, he’d retrieve his newspaper, clad in a sensible cardigan, before disappearing back into his unassuming brick home. He was the kind of ordinary person you’d wave to, exchange pleasantries with about the weather, and then forget five minutes later. He wasn’t a recluse, just... quiet. A pleasant fixture in our otherwise bustling neighborhood. For years, he was simply "Mr. Abernathy," the man with the perfect petunias. I never once imagined his life held an unforgettable secret.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Humans
The Echo in the Attic
Introduction Elara stood on the overgrown lawn, the scent of damp earth and forgotten roses clinging to the humid air. Before her, Blackwood Manor loomed, a grand, grey stone edifice draped in a thick mantle of ivy, its numerous windows like vacant, shadowed eyes staring out from beneath heavy brows of slate. It wasn't a haunted house in the sensational, movie-cliché sense, but an old house story waiting to be told, its very silence pregnant with untold narratives. Inherited from a great-aunt she’d met only a handful of times in her childhood, the property felt less like a generous gift and more like a weighty, enigmatic secret thrust upon her. Her initial, pragmatic plan was simple: undertake a swift renovation, sell the sprawling estate, and escape back to her predictable, streamlined city life, far from the whispers of the past. But the house, even from this distance, seemed to possess a will of its own, subtly inviting her deeper into its silent embrace.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Fiction
3:17 AM and Still Thinking of You
The Time Grief Shows Up Without Knocking 3:17 AM It was the third night in a row that Mila woke up at the exact same time. No alarm. No sound. Just her eyes suddenly opening to darkness, the glowing red digits on her clock piercing through the silence of her bedroom.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Confessions
You Know What? I Quit
Drowning in a Love That Didn’t Feel Like Love Maya never imagined herself as the kind of woman who would stay in a relationship that made her feel small. But love, as she would come to understand, doesn’t always leave visible scars.
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Confessions
When Almost Was Everything
The First Glance That Never Faded Lina met Arman on a rainy Thursday—the kind of day that smells like nostalgia and lingers like a forgotten song. She had forgotten her umbrella, standing under the bookstore awning, trying to time her sprint between puddles. Arman, a stranger then, paused beside her and simply said, “We can share.”
By Syed Umar 6 months ago in Confessions
This Is What Depression Looks Like When No One Is Watching
Behind the Curtain: A Life That Looks Fine on the Outside We often imagine depression as someone crying, isolating themselves, or talking openly about sadness. But more often than not, it hides. It puts on a face. It says, “I’m okay,” with a smile that doesn’t reach the eyes.
By Syed Umar 7 months ago in Motivation
The Unwritten Chapters
Introduction: The Silence No One Talks About Not every story ends with a triumphant success, a passionate love, or a life-changing moment of clarity. Some stories just… drift. And for many people, that terrifying silence — of not being chosen, not arriving, not being seen — is louder than any noise.
By Syed Umar 7 months ago in Confessions
Through the Fire: Real Stories of Human Endurance
The Flames That Changed Everything The world watched the wildfire consume everything in its path, but nobody saw the boy who ran through it.
By Syed Umar 7 months ago in Humans

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Soul bound

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Learn to Love Yourself

The World’s Most Peaceful Painting

The Day the Ordinary Became Legendary

The Echo in the Attic

3:17 AM and Still Thinking of You

You Know What? I Quit

When Almost Was Everything

This Is What Depression Looks Like When No One Is Watching

The Unwritten Chapters

Through the Fire: Real Stories of Human Endurance

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