Depressed

She googled words like effusive, delirious, and wondered what it would feel like to be there. Will she have the freedom to break something accidentally in her own house, and not be reprimanded for it? Will she go to bed thinking that another day could be better? She did not feel the lack of anything … Continue reading Depressed

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43

Welcome once again! I am keeping it simple this week with a picture prompt. Image Credit: Mary Shelley The format can be a a story/poem/rant/anecdotes/journalistic coverage of events/ reflections as usual. Please give due credit to the image. Pour out, and let it flow …. LAST WEEK’S ROUND-UP Reena Saxena at https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/myth-of-equality/ hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43

Incomplete

contrasting textures different physical states complete each other in peaceful coexistence inspiring unusual love stories   horizons fuel inadequacy of imagination fire dreams a wishful thought of incomplete existence   Thursday Photo Prompt and Tuesday Poetics at dVerse

Diamonds

The old man smiled at his favorite son, in half-conscious state, mind de-capacitated by dementia. He looked at his late wife’s picture and said, “She did a good job of raising the children. They are my ‘diamonds’.” He died a few hours later, without knowing that the tenderness he saw was merely the professional bedside … Continue reading Diamonds

Denizens of Darkness

Puffy, fluffy monstrosities in the shape of clouds swooped on Planet Earth. The grey devils carried within them an overload of evil, ready to rain on the world, and inject the poison into the world constitution. The Earth used to receive these lethal outpourings in small doses, but the mind-sets of its denizens gradually changed. … Continue reading Denizens of Darkness

Proof

It was a break-in. I turned the house upside down. The outdated musical equipment lying in the basement held no interest for me. The papers with hand-written musical notes did. This place belonged to an award-winning musician. I had found the required proof to sue him. The music was stolen. I am the original composer, … Continue reading Proof

Eternity

I pass through a long corridor with doors on both sides. Each door leads to a previous lifetime, and I can choose which one to enter. But I am looking for a door which opens in the future. I reach the end of the tunnel, bathed in a magical blue light. I step ahead with … Continue reading Eternity

Just an apple

I wonder why the alphabet starts with A for Apple. It might as well have been Art or Articulation or Abstraction. A bite from a single apple by the First Lady was given astronomical powers to change the destiny of the human race. Aeons later, the logo of a half-eaten apple captured the imagination of … Continue reading Just an apple