“We’ve excavated a century-old sea wall underwater. Maybe it’s the lost shoreline we’re looking for”, robot engineers recorded a note.
TWT
Remote Sensing
The Turns
As the wheels turn, she feels both strong and weak. Riding uphill, she found the freedom that flying didn’t offer.
She wished the clock turned back, to leave those words unsaid, so that their relationship wouldn’t have taken that turn.
His solicitude followed her in all turns of their lives; Both returned back to normal, but that’s a new normal.
The last two tiny tales above can be read collectively or also be treated as individual ones.
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Inspired by Bulbul’s ‘Twenty Words Tuesday #39 – Turn’.
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Make a Wish
While gazing at stars, he told, “Whatever you wish, it will come true”, as if he was her shooting star.
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Inspired by Bulbul’s ‘Twenty Words Tuesday #38 – Wish’.
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Yuting Gao from Pexels.
Gardenscape
She designed an open balcony to enjoy sunsets. But, her garden wanted to relish the scenic scape all by itself.
Have you experienced your time which is your favorite escapade from everyday chores, getting eaten away by someone else after having put all the effort in, or have you eaten up someone’s time and efforts accidentally or intentionally? The above tale is written from this perspective.
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Inspired by Bulbul’s ‘Twenty Words Tuesday #34 – Garden’.
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Story Of Their Lives
Lakhs of people know his struggles, conflicts, and growth, but not the members of his home. They consider it fiction!
Eight months of marriage; now, a widow; she started writing her own story with remains of what the society pricked.
Lakhs of people know his struggles, conflicts, and growth, but not the members of his home. They consider it fiction!
Eight months of marriage; now, a widow; she started writing her own story with remains of what the society pricked.
Again and Again
Colors of the Dark
My sky seems dark.
Is it because of the missing star, or the overwhelming mix of all colors it splashed?
A simple perception is the Continue reading
In love with fall…
First Love Yourself ~ #FLY
——– Take 1 ——–
Talking to herself, she maintains her emotional hygiene.
She’s her own boss.
Self-love habits are tagged as insanity or selfishness.
Unlit Days
He’s injured. She slipped away from healing.
He’s the one living with scars because she’s now living with the stars.
Have you seen any elderly couple who want their partner to die first, just because the other doesn’t want to experience the pain of living without their better half?
Grey Matter
She wondered if any pawnshop held his nous when he halted 100m prior, dubious about a turn in habitual route.
I was quite late for college one day and missed my college bus at the closest stopping. So, I asked my dad to drop me at a different terminal on time where the same bus will reach shortly. We were just close enough when he switched off the bike’s engine, and asked me, Continue reading
Filled with Emptiness
She packed his toys.
Shadows of emptiness haunted.
Her tween’s coffin weighed hefty as if it held her heart’s commotions.
This is in response to the ‘Twenty-Words Tuesday’ prompt by Akanksha Singh @ Bulbul. The challenge is to write a story in exactly 20 words for the prompt word ghost.
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Butterfly Effect
Butterfly effect implies a huge effect being produced as a result of every small action. But, don’t we also create dire consequences by failing to take strong decisions at times? The following is a micro poem penned with this thought.
Wings' softness, easy flight! With each decision, colours spread. With each indecision, colours piled. Wings flapped, now with added tenacity!
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Inspired by Bulbul’s ‘Twenty-Words Tuesday’ prompt – butterfly effect.
Hereon, for at least a month, I’ll be publishing two posts a day – one at 12:01 AM and the other at 12:01 PM IST.
Cascade
Even after losing the kaleidoscope, her obsession didn’t fade. She eventuated to become a microbiologist for the love of patterns.
Here, cascade means the succession of stages or operations.
This is in response to the ‘Twenty-Words Tuesday’ prompt by Akanksha Singh @ Bulbul. The challenge is to write a story in exactly 20 words for the prompt word kaleidoscope.
Hide and Seek
He hides behind his writings.
His words reflect his personality and reveal the depths of his heart.
He seeks himself.
This is in response to the ‘Twenty-Words Tuesday’ prompt by Akanksha Singh @ Bulbul. The challenge is to write a story in exactly 20 words for the prompt word hiding.
His First Time
“Why did you do that?”
Sensing her oblique intention and harsh tone, her preteen son lied for the first time.
Dream Comes Alive
“She was distressed looking at the slow-moving days until her victorious move on the dais was recorded in slow motion.”
This one-liner is written as an attempt to combine this as well as previous weeks’ prompt words for TWT – dream, slow motion, and quarantine.
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This is in response to the ‘Twenty-Words Tuesday’ prompt by Akanksha Singh @ Bulbul. The challenge is to write a story in exactly 20 words for the prompt word quarantine.
Crazy Nerds 