The place had no soul or spirit left, and it was evident in the colourless walls, the unclean glasses, the empty eyes of the server who left me a menu card.
I’d never felt sadder at the prospect of not being a part of someone else’s story.
The infallible whiteness of the walls, the omnipresent smell of disinfectants, and the fields of artificial grass come back to me. Swimming before me are visions of smiling children and the legions of overworked childcare professionals constantly at their service. Every blink threatens to permanently relocate me to their world of ceaseless laughter.
It’s God’s funny way of reminding me that all that is received is a gift that is broken.
Do you ever get afraid of yourself? Terrified that your wicked will take over your conscious,
You walk a star-covered path leading you nowhere, You think you’re no closer but you’re nearly there.
Street vendors whirl across their neatly kept plastic wrapped pickles, ridding them of flies and moths, covering them from unforeseen dust-storms, awaiting their customers but no one arrives.
He sleeps on his side, on his right side, to be specific. On the nights the excruciating pain on his right shoulder numbs him, he
Abstract paintings are fascinating for many reasons, one of them being the many different opinions various people have about their true meaning.
His mind itched to remember something, something lost down the back of a sofa, a copper penny just out of his reach.
I have evaded wreaths of venomous, moving flowers that have invaded the dilapidated manor, writhing and sliding up and down the walls like snakes, ready to strike any moment. I had to tread carefully down the corridors, staying as far away from the walls as possible.
Around 15 minutes before midnight, Mr. Altaf went to his room after a tiring day of pretence. His daughter, her husband and their two kids decided to stay over. His son, though, felt he had done his part and caught the next flight back. It didn’t quite hurt Mr. Altaf; he was his father’s blood after all.
I got drowned; drowned, in the serene ocean waves of my eternal sleep. The water, so dark and so deep;
