Poetry
SAM
Ruh
I write where the heart bleeds,
and finds its way to healing, and growth.
Books
Poetry. Prose. Stories that stay.
Soul Ramblings
Poetry
Soul Ramblings
The Love, The Pain
Poetry
Soul Ramblings
The Etched Memories
Prose
Fragments
Poetry · Hindi
Thoda Sa Rumaani Ho Jaaye
About SAM Ruh
She finds meaning in the moments that go unnoticed.
SAM Ruh is a poet, author, and IT professional. Originally from India, she holds a Master's in Computer Applications and calls New Jersey home. As a Radio Jockey, she celebrated classic Bollywood music on desi radio channels in New Jersey and Chicago.
Her love for Bollywood and its music isn't just nostalgia; it's a thread that connects generations and emotions. Faith, family, and creativity live side by side, each one feeding her curiosity.
Family remains at the core of everything she does. Her husband S.J, their beloved A.J boys, and the Cats form a circle of love and shared dreams.
New Jersey isn't just where she lives. It's the community she's part of. As a Muslim woman who's called Central Jersey home for many years, she knows the small joys: a good halal spot after Friday prayers, or a masjid that feels like family.
What She Writes
What moves her to write.
While life happens…
Written so you know you're not the only one who's felt it.
SAM writes at the place where faith and feeling meet. Her work moves through love in every form it takes: the ache of longing, the weight of loss, and the quiet strength found in surrender.
اور بھی غم ہیں زمانے میں محبت کے سوا
راحتیں اور بھی ہیں وصل کی راحت کے سواAur bhī gham hain zamāne mein muhabbat ke sivā,
Rāhatein aur bhī hain visl kī rāhat ke sivā.There are other sorrows in this world besides the agony of love.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
There are other joys too, besides the joy of union.
Vasl = Union
SAM keeps returning to what her existence means beside the idea of heaven and hell, a question she's stopped trying to run from.
نہ تھا کچھ تو خدا تھا، کچھ نہ ہوتا تو خدا ہوتا
ڈبویا مجھ کو ہونے نے، نہ ہوتا میں تو کیا ہوتا؟Na thā kuchh to khudā thā, kuchh na hotā to khudā hotā,
Duboyā mujh ko hone ne, na hotā main to kyā hotā?When there was nothing, God was there; if there were nothing, God would still be there.
Mirzā Ghālib
My existence has undone me; if I were not, what would I have been?
Her writing comes from reflection and lived experience. It stays in the in-between, where questions are welcome, silence is honored, and truth arrives slowly, and gently.
Lines That Linger
Quotes That Stay
Lines from writers who taught her how to say the unsayable.
New Editions, On Their Way
SAM is republishing her original collections: sorted, revised, and refreshed with new bonus material, while the voice stays exactly as honest as it began.
Some truths only survive as stories.
SAM writes in the language of longing,
through conversations with faith, where love becomes a new experience every time,
and where loss only teaches life to get better.
All through, being honest in every moment she lives.
And yet, faith holds, love keeps teaching,
and quietly, stubbornly, life keeps going.
Always Becoming
Work in Progress
Still figuring it out, one page at a time.
Some pieces are just starting. Others have been rewritten more times than she can count. All of it is honest, even the parts still finding their shape. A running list of what she's working through: poems half-written, stories still forming, thoughts she hasn't finished thinking yet.
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A space for the quiet weight
You Are Not Alone
Depression
Tired, stuck, feeling low? You're not alone here. Come sit a while. There's still hope.
Depression gets mistaken for a passing sadness. For many, it's something heavier, something that stays, a weight that settles into the mind, the emotions, and the will to keep going.
This is a constant struggle, a constant fight, a jihad one goes through, quietly and often alone. But it's a struggle that is seen, and one that will be rewarded in time.
This isn't a promise. It's a place that doesn't deny the dark, but keeps a door open: for hope, for healing, for the slow, uneven return of light.
Get Through ThisLet's Talk
You Reached Out. That Already Means Something.
Every Message Is Read With Care
Maybe you just finished one of her books and something stayed with you. Maybe you're a fellow creative with the spark of an idea. Maybe you just want to say "I felt this." Whatever it is, SAM would love to hear from you.
SAM lives close to her words and away from the noise. Her true home is this website. Instagram is where she's easiest to reach.