I live in words
my mind is like a room, cluttered by randomness; each moment filling it with many new thoughts, that fly off papered walls. the words come from all who come to the room, leave behind but a piece for me to remember by; but I wonder sometimes: which pieces do I keep, and which do I … Read more Cluttered
Dear diary, It has been ten days… but it feels like forever… since I met her for the last time. I could tell, no, I knew that she had grown bigger, and so could my family. It had been twenty happy weeks before that, but a day, maybe an hour, changed all that. To imagine … Read more The Last Meeting
He had a crazy dream. He’d be in a formal suit, a beautiful girl in a fur coat and an unusual pink hat would be sitting across the table from him. Everyone would be dressed like they did in the twenties. He’d lean in to kiss the girl, but before he did, he would wake … Read more The Crazy Dream …
Lina waited patiently in the queue. “Ten already ahead of me… I hope it doesn’t finish by the time I reach.” With each person who walked back past her, her anxiety grew. When she reached, and asked for it, she was happy it was in stock. She remembered the time she had first experienced it … Read more Totally unexpected …
She looked beautiful, dressed in a silk saree as she signed. She cried as she hugged her mother. She smiled as she entered her new home. She cried when he slapped her that night, pushed into her. She adjusted when it continued every night. She smiled when she was blessed with a daughter. She felt … Read more Reflecting on life …
Mom, I see you up there tonight, looking down at us. It’s because of you I have had the strength to live on. You held my hand through the pain of two miscarriages. If only words could say how much I miss you right now. Today, on Mother’s Day, I became a mother at last. … Read more At last …