lei is me

Feel the people bustling past

Feel the baskets on their back

Feel the chaos, taste the food

Feel the fruit but don’t be rude.

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Listen to the playful banter

Hear the shouts and hear the laughter 

Hear the bargains for a price

Hear them argue over rice

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See the lanterns, smaller suns

See the children, watch them run

See the fire, in arching flight, 

Oil and flame, a gorgeous sight.

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Smell the spices, detailed art

Sweet and spicy warms your heart

It fills you up, the fragrant heat, 

Breathe it in, that’s just this street. 

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Slip the sample past your teeth,

Bite into it, more beneath,

Taste the flavour, buds exploding,

More than food, stories unfolding.

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Leisan Yusupov, 2025

honestly, i don’t even know if i’m gonna stick this out. but my best friend wanted to make a blog, so i decided to see what the hype was all about. it could be fun!

i’m an artist. i love drawing. until recently, i thought i was pretty shit at writing, until i was told otherwise. mainly, my dad encouraged me to dig into writing.

now i’m sort of exploring beyond the boundary i drew for myself. for a long time, i preferred to ‘stick with what i knew’ and not bother doing other harder things. but now, the challenge is kind of invigorating. so this blog will be a collection of my attempts to expand my horizons, for only a few trusted eyes to see.

and of course, anyone who happens across the url, which i think is doubtful.

oh well! it must be said that i don’t know what the hell im doing. i dont even know how to insert a photo header. but this is a new thing, and that’s my goal- try new things.