I am an artist. I paint wounds in colors I saw, or in colors they become in vintage. I use sharp tools to express intensity of my emotions. It might hurt someone else, but what else do you expect from pain? The real question is whom do I hurt. The ones who inflicted pain on … Continue reading Painfully yours
“Don’t hit me. I’m your friend…” Stella sounded desperate, but at the same time, her hands were around Murphy’s neck, trying to strangulate him. The remaining four were trying to separate them. “What kind of monster friend are you, Stella? You’re killing him.” “No. I don’t want to.” She was now sobbing. The innkeeper’s stern … Continue reading Shoes with a soul
Welcome back, friends! PROMPT The challenge this week is a pretty short one – just one word. If you have to look it up, consider yourself safe 🙂 FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no restriction on the format or the length of the piece. It just has to be your reflection on the prompt from … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #75
It has been a lonely life – says the unusual tombstone. He places a bouquet on the grave – not of fresh flowers, but gilt-edged roses. “This is what you chose – artificial beauty frozen in glass. Rawness of emotions was what you could never stand, my intellectual princess! It was for the hoi-polloi – … Continue reading A Soul turned
You were born without a sense of direction. And I am fool enough to plan these trips with you…. Trust me, I remember that we have to go left from here. We did that last time. <Sigh> Last time was when you were ten years old…. “Dad, we have Google maps,” interjected a sane voice. … Continue reading Born without ….
He spent his days planting a new garden. This is where his expertise lay, after a life time of nurturing plants, animals and humans. His wife tried to ground him often, not letting him pin too many hopes on the future. The difference in opinion was obvious, as he painstakingly and unfailingly, continued with his … Continue reading Deadwood
The baby wrapped in a soft cloth falls with a thud on the floor. I expect the room to reverberate with loud cries, but there is a surprising silence. Is she fine? I hear a rustle of leaves and the inauspicious cawing of an invisible crow. An owl hoots in the distance. The window appeared … Continue reading Time warp
Welcome back to yet another Exploration Challenge! I spent the last week in a cantonment area, with very low connectivity, and lot of time to spare. The result is a delay in posting the weekly challenge, and a lot of introspection and reflections. If I have missed reading, commenting on or including any of your … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #74
Welcome back, friends! Last week’s enthusiasm showed that we all love a good fairy tale, whatever our age or stage in life. Some of us took a different take on that picture. At what point does our perception change? Is it only creativity, or experience that triggers a different outlook? PROMPT The theme for this … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #73
"Stop the car! This is where I always met him. This is the place where he will wait for me." "Are you sure? We are in the wilderness." "Believe me…." Two days and a night of camping there were not easy. We had a tent and some supplies to survive. We decided to drive off … Continue reading I knew ….
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