Teenage love

“Go to your room, NOW!” She boomed at Annika. “You are so unfair!” Annika yelled back before running to her room. She looked at her retreating form, and thought dejectedly, this was going to be more difficult than she had anticipated. “She thinks she is in love. She is only fifteen and can’t see what…

Silent screams

It was an afternoon just like any other. She watched him snore away into oblivion. His eyes were half open. This was the way he slept when he was completely sloshed from drinking. She turned and looked at herself in the mirror. The red and blue scar screamed violently the silent screams that she had…

The Babaji

For months he had suffered from attacks of breathlessness and chest tightening. The scariest of all things was the rise in his heartbeat, as if in a race with time. Not now though. Now he was feeling refreshed, as if a weight had been lifted off his heart. He felt the youth, the fountain of…

Mindless thoughts… or a thoughtless mind?

This could be interesting. I don’t usually know what I think about when left to do some free thinking. Usually it’s about kids, chores and food. Like it is about to strike 2:00 in the morning, and I am sitting here, just having finished some fondant work for a cake which is due on Tuesday,…

How do I tell her about you?

The following post has been written for Write Tribe’s – 100 Words on Saturday 2014 – 5. The prompt was How do I tell her about you?     She tells me she hates your type, She can’t stand to be anywhere near someone like you, She tells me there is nothing to be loved about…