This is my 9th attempt at the month-long blogging challenge, Blogging from A to Z. I’ve completed it 5 times so far. My theme this year is 7 Sentence Fiction, and the word I’m using for H is Hunger.
Pangs of Hunger
I see the meal, it’s near, yet so far. I stay in the shadows, praying for it to stay still. Then, I can pounce.
I know I have to be quick, for if it senses me, I’m in danger.
Countless relatives have fallen prey to its reaction. Their lives stilled by the hands of fate.
We are blameless, after all, even we mosquitoes get pangs of hunger.
Liked this? Maybe you can read some of my earlier posts: Stories | for A to Z 2018.
(© Vinay Leo R. @ I Rhyme Without Reason,
9th April, 2018)
Vinay Leo R.
Poetry & writing are to me, a breath of fresh air in a life that is sometimes covered by the smoke of sorrow or self doubt. They also become the sweets I share to celebrate when life offers me a reason to. But most of all, they are to me, my life. For each word I write is a piece of my heart, a thought that just had to find its way into the world.
Pesky mosquitoes, but they need to eat too!
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Yes, Iain. It’s all part of the food chain after all.
hahaha! Nice one!
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Thanks, Sunita Saldhana. 🙂
Hehe…. Even though it was cute, I’d kill that mosquito if it came anywhere near me ?
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Oh, ditto! 😛 I act for the hand of fate in that instance, Ishi.
Haha Vinay. I couldn’t really guess you were talking about a mosquito. but did kinda guess it had to be an animal, thought probably it was a tiger or lion.
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If it was a tiger in the shadows, I’d run for it, Ramya. The hand of fate would be the tiger’s. 😛
The mention of relatives and fate suggested a fly or a mosquito. Good one!
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It did? Hmmm. Maybe we Mallus are so used to mosquitoes, so it rang a bell, Sreedeep. 😛