Cafe Complex

The café of complexities never ceases to fascinate me. Fingerprints on menu cards belong to raised brows as well as beaming smiles. The feet that veer away from shared paths never turn back. The staff observes expressions more than counting the cash left behind in tips. They know it’s all linked – like the deals … Continue reading Cafe Complex

Stuck

to find a keyno clues about the lockto find a golden eggbut searching for the goosesome dilemmas in lifebecome multi-lemmasconcentric circleswith no outletswhatever’s stuckremains there Reena's Xploration Challenge #275

Beast

“Peel onions the right way. There should be no wastage.” “Boil eggs correctly. They should not be overdone or underdone.” “Is this the time to read? Aren’t you responsible for housework first?” “A woman has to place her family on priority. Career is just your indulgence.” The old woman is fed up of mouthing these … Continue reading Beast

The Accidental Realist

The novelist is not happy with her treatise on the social system. She paints a reality she does not like. “All along when I made an effort to write the novel, the seed of a poem lay dormant in my heart. And then arose a different perspective – a juxtaposition of reality against my utopia. … Continue reading The Accidental Realist

Redemption

She never asked him to choose between her and others. The unspoken fear was ‘what if she’s not the chosen one?’ She put up with different forms of abuse, because singlehood appeared to be an abuse of life purpose. She started wandering in the jungles in a disturbed state of mind, and discovered that life … Continue reading Redemption

When the heinous happens

when does the heinous happen?glorifying the intellectbecoming captive to cognitivelost in thinking, reasoning, repeating glorifying the intellectwe lose connection with the soullost in thinking, reasoning, repeatingwe believe only what can be proved we lose connection with the soulwhen does the heinous happen?we believe what can be provedbecoming captive to cognitive Weekend Writing Prompt #306