the thoughtful diaries

dear soul, i have betrayed you again

reflections during the first half of ramadan

Feb 27 • jeri lee | جيري

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January 2026

Sweet Death and Date Stones

a poem on accepting Allahs (Swt) will

Jan 20 • jeri lee | جيري

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December 2025

Tears Are a Mercy

Tears area mercy from Him.

Dec 27, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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I should have taken more photos (too)

Diaries from Puerto Rico

Dec 14, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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November 2025

From the book I will never write

I think my love for tangerines is dying slowly now...?

Nov 25, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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Love is a Process of Becoming

On unbecoming thought

Nov 5, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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October 2025

The Loneliness in Becoming - Part. 1

Marking three years of being Muslim

Oct 15, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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Your First Love Is Your Truest

On The Innocence of Childhood Lovers

Oct 7, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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September 2025

can you see God from up there?

on performative architecture, influencers and ego.

Sep 8, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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deep sea olive tree

resist without romanticising pain

Sep 3, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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August 2025

somber moonlight

Allāhumma thabbit-hu wa-ja‘al-hu hādīyan mahdīyan wa-hid bihi (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 4357)

Aug 16, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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July 2025

imagining love

“Nothing has been seen that is better for two who love one another than marriage.” (Ibn Majah)

Jul 28, 2025 • jeri lee | جيري

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