Be grateful

A pet works hard to build a connection with us, and gets entwined with the owner’s life. How can we be so naïve to make them fit into our lifestyles, without understanding their worlds, mindsets and biological instincts? A Google search shows me several articles – all from sellers of pet products. There needs to … Continue reading Be grateful

Fragrantly yours

Her guest room feels different, though I’ve spent a couple of nights there earlier. “Have you changed the curtains?” She nods in the negative before saying goodnight. I dream of a garden with long stems of tuberoses. Their fragrance is nocturnal, but tonight is different. Winds have stopped and the garden is silent. I shouldn’t … Continue reading Fragrantly yours

Remember

“Aren’t you the one who accused an innocent?” The guy looked stunned. He had come to engage the famed lawyer for his daughter’s divorce case. “Oh, you did it to so many people that you don’t remember?” He scanned the lined face of the septuagenarian. She was still beautiful, and the wobbly knees had not … Continue reading Remember

Absolved

The waves lapped at the shore and she wondered how long she had until the boat arrived. More important than that, how long she had till she reached the other side undetected. The camouflage was perfect and the documents well-faked. A deep fog did not let her see what’s coming or going. It gave her … Continue reading Absolved

IQ Testing

I remember taking a free online IQ test, and my score was 144 ... not sure how accurate, good or bad it was. The focus then shifted to emotional intelligence (EQ), but experts could not allocate numbers as scores. MBTI, Firo-B and many other tests followed. It was fun taking those tests after a long … Continue reading IQ Testing

A Cherita

she swears aggression when she just asserts, she is blamedfor being aggressive a rose by any name smells as sweetonly if you dissolve your identityunderplay other aspects putrid patriarchynormalizes mental abusefragrance struggles to make itself felt condescending approachnot forgiven; not forgotten she swears revenge MTB: Cherishing the Cherita