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The woman he wanted to be his third wife, on an astrologer’s advice spurned him, and the billionaire avenged the rejection by killing her one and only love. The court declared him guilty, but he managed to duck the court orders for a few years by appealing against the judgements. Finally … he was asked … Continue reading dORiaN gRaY

Dreaming

Am I dreaming, or am I on another planet? I rub my eyes to see my child dressed for the show in school. I hope the digital background they create is perfect for the storyline. https://only100words.xyz/2019/07/18/three-line-tales-week-181/

Unfamiliar

I’ve just completed a tour of the building, after studying the different forms of art on display. The inscrutability of this face bothers me – hiding itself with broken arms, refusing to lend itself to interpretation. It is so much there – in your face - and yet not there. Epiphany strikes, and I resolve … Continue reading Unfamiliar

Guessing games

Rainbows are beautiful, but inadequate to narrate all hues and shades of human emotions. Skies make an effort with a few more colors – notorious blacks, ambiguous grays, perplexing purples and translucent blues. Yet, the barriers to the human mind are insurmountable – physical boundaries, personal space, privacy of thought, secretive silence – all conjure … Continue reading Guessing games

Find your Moon

transforming beaches high and low tides – fickle waves ebbing and surging teach me how to live – sun, moon make a struggle magical https://patriciasplace.me/2019/07/17/in-other-words-the-beach/

Eternal Myth

Fire changes, and each moth approaches it without knowing the fate of those who died before … at least without being able to connect the cause of death with fatal attraction. The Sun is one, but fields of sunflowers change. Moods and emotions change. Undying love renews itself every moment to sustain itself. Understanding is … Continue reading Eternal Myth

Conundrum

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Even though hers was a marriage arranged by her parents, she got to choose her life partner as per her liking. She considered herself lucky as her partner’s educational qualification, likes, dislikes, social stature was compatible to hers. She wasn’t compelled to work after marriage as they were from a very well to do family and she thought it was best to quit work after marriage and give her 100% to her new role as a homemaker.

Her initial days of marriage were rosy and colourful as her imagination. She was getting to learn and experience life in a new, never before unexplored way.She enjoyed cooking for her husband and adding vibrance to her home. It was like her life was complete.

Slowly, monotony and a feeling of uneasy regularity crept in. She wasn’t denied comforts, independence, choice, but she felt a sense of hollowness. People envied her for the…

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Unknown

driving across continents riding on international law conquering fear of the oblivion risking the unknown   my free spirit hopes to find redemption or salvation -but falls in depths below   imprisoned for seeking a life I hope those I left behind meet a peaceful end wherever they are https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/photo-challenge-272/

Fury

I watch the fury of rain lashing against my window asking to be let in the environs of my insulated life   I feel the silence of the tempest in the mind tearing me apart the same night …   I walk out and soak myself feeling the unison of the inside and outside https://amanpan.com/2019/07/15/brewnspew-cafe-july-15-2019/

Sunflowers

a lifetime spent tracking the sun in the sky and then turning east again on pressing of reset buttons….   weeks, months, years of keeping a boss happy to milk benefits - changing direction again with the entry of a new tormentor   days never end…..   https://dversepoets.com/2019/07/15/quadrille-83-8th-anniversary/