Aarsh Malik
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Poet, Storyteller, and Healer.
Sharing self-help insights, fiction, and verse on Vocal.
Anaesthetist.
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Stories (62)
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The Room I Refused to Remember
For most of my life, I’ve been annoyingly good at avoidance. Not the fun kind, like dodging responsibilities for a weekend getaway, but the subtle, deep-rooted kind, pushing memories into corners until they shrivel into something shapeless and quiet.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Fiction
Finding Yourself Again
There comes a moment when you stop trying to rewrite the past because you realize it isn’t coming back the way it left. You’ve outgrown versions of yourself you didn’t even know you were shedding — through endings you didn’t choose, through changes you weren’t ready for, through every silent ache that taught you how to breathe again.
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Poets
The Bridge of Silent Bells
“You said no one would be here.” “We’re early,” Noah said. “That’s kind of the point.” The fog hung low over the Vltava, thick enough to swallow sound. Even their footsteps disappeared into it. Mira shoved her hands into her coat pockets, her breath a pale cloud in front of her.
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Fiction
