Zainab Shamsi

Zainab is a copywriter by profession, a Psychology minor from Mumbai University and an 'armchair writer' by passion. Born and raised in Mumbai, the city is her heart and home. She currently resides in Singapore with her husband, dividing her time between writing and discovering new life goals.

Final Call

You smell of forgotten woollensstuffed in old closets, five roundsof radioiodine nearly scrubbing outyour inherent talcum scent,no more than a whiff of a life that was.I whisper-shout toward rowsof sterile doors, visits fromthree feet apart (prison or recovery),hoping my voice breaches the