Rings

A few hours after I wrote this I was deep into my gallery, and found the picture I didn’t even know I had.

To most of you from Karachi, liberty books is it. I remember every single aisle, of so many different locations, I initially titled this post Liberty Books, but I feel this is going to go slightly deeper.

I remember how that one liberty, next to BBQ tonight, IDK if you know what I’m talking about I’m sure you know, we’ve been there a few times. It’s like paradise, you walk in, the aroma, each page just having you inch curiously. It’s a fantastic feeling walking into a book store, I haven’t in a long time, I guess that’s sad. I remember how I used to go to liberty all the time, to get people gifts, what’s better than a book. I didn’t read much back then, I think I thought I did. These days I don’t either, I should change that. I spend too much time in output not enough in input.

I remember this one I looked all over Karachi for Jodi Picoult book, it took me a few tries to get it, oof and the Blind Watchmaker too, and um what was is it… Shadow of the Wind, I think… The Carlos Zafon one. Idk. I used to love going there, but to be honest my guiltiest pleasure was a small jewellery store called Sarwana. Now that place and I, we had memories. I guess we still do, but I haven’t gotten anything for myself or others, in like a couple years now.

The first time I ever went to Sarwana, I remember it as somewhere early in the summer of 2015, oof I think it might’ve been today 5 years ago, shit… I went to get a couple rings, for the sole purpose of promising an ex forever, on her birthday which is in a couple days. I remember I think we went to Nueplex, haan basic bachay.

That was also my first real date I think. Woah, haha I was old af when I went on my first date, but I suppose dating culture wasn’t a thing when I grew up, not like the movies.

After that I went to Sarwana for to get two bracelets for a couple friends, one engraved “the greatest idea’s are the simplest” that one was from Lord of the Flies if I can remember, and the other had “demons” etched on, it was THE song for a friend and I.

Those I feel were some time apart, I got myself a couple rings, my mom some stuff, and I don’t remember, to be honest at a point I had gotten 7-8 rings from Sarwana I don’t know… I liked having options, but my favourite I didn’t get, it was a gift, from the same store, in a different mall. Haha, my dad had an identical one in platinum that my mom and I had picked up just a couple weeks before that, and I got one that looked almost the exact same. I kinda got scared and creeped out, but it was a crazy coincidence, I loved it though. Finally the last piece of Jewellery I remember buying were these two rings I got in Scotland for a friend and I, when I went up to visit her. I got a Celtic knot one, and I think hers had a flower on it, I don’t know they were pretty as fuck. I still have trouble wearing rings though. I got so used to wearing it on my ring finger, that when I had to take it off, I couldn’t for at least a year, and then switched to my middle finger, I don’t know it felt right on my ring finger, you know rings… ring finger.

I wonder if I still wear it to feel less like I’m alone, I don’t know, when I’m not wearing it, I feel incomplete as fuck. With it, I just feel like someone’s watching out for me, I remember at first it was a pretty fuck off type thing, yk like you see the ring right, it should be obvious! Nowadays, I think I should ask my friends eh em to get me rings, ooof I love this eagle and lion one i have, cause my birthdays coming up. I know you’re reading this, c’mon naughty boy.

I miss the day’s when mornings and nights were simple, I miss going to McDonalds, fuck it. I miss the ease, I miss my car, my home, my friends, and I miss the fuck out of having a reason to wear a ring. It’s insane, also watched a video on ring evulsion, if you use your ring to open bottles, STOP.