Temporal Dreams Slipping away from the passivity of the tunnel, I walked towards the light. As the damp blur of jarring rocks cut off, the radiance of the sun, through the clouds and the canopies, hit me with all its bloom. And there she was, a grey whale. It swam through the rain clouds and soared with […]
Portals Oh portals, I conceded, Had I shown my wings? Had I read my mind? Had I found my ground? Oh portals, I departed, With wingspan grown. With mind space tranquil. With ground pale blue.
Metamorph When the pressure dropped, gravity lost its love on me. I felt pain. A sharp pleasant twinge at the back of my head. Everyone I loved and lived waved at me in my thoughts. It was like unfurling my favourite book, the one that I hadn’t touched in a long time, but only a few […]
The Cook Lora always spent hours on admiring those embellishments of the facade. The microscopic chisel work on the marbles, the details on the quaint sculptures, the tantalizing mix of the colours on them, all made it look like a gateway to the heavens. She would either do that from the gardens or sometimes wait by a […]
Cutting My Friend Sergei “You can’t carry him all the way,” Sasha growled from the driver’s seat. She had the audacity to smile while I fumbled around Sergei, trying to drag him off the car. Sergei was a bit overweight for his age with all the extra care that grew on him. Carrying him from the car was definitely […]
Crystals The free air outside the mundane window is blaring out its opus, exchanging chaotic rhythms of water and lightning. Inside this shop that is failing on its promise to keep on the quality of the common folk’s rice, I am stuck with the seven other enforcers who had enough free caffeine. I am so done […]
The Fallen An inch closer, I would have made it. But somehow I messed up. I have to live with it forever. The wind was a bit rough that day. But it was all quick, and I didn’t have the time or mind to think about the wind or anything that could have possibly affected it. Before anyone […]
Tales from the future – The light bulb fixation “I need a light bulb! Can you get me this exact model, please?” “We’re sorry! We don’t sell the normal ones anymore. Here is a better one. This one’s a smart bulb!” “What does it do?” “It can change colors and notify your social communications.” “But this doesn’t make any sense! I wouldn’t mind checking […]
