Fiction in a Flash
Fiction in a Flash spins stories and poems, short in appearance but big in essence. Some are specks of imagination while others reflect life itself.
Tag: happiness
Clouds
The clouds fascinate, hold me in their spell The stories they tell, the shapes they take Folding my dreams in their tresses The worlds they have travelled The things they have seen So many stories they hold, So fragile, yet so strong.
Afternoons of my Childhood
On many a sunny afternoon at Grandma’s home, with cousins, partners in crime, I remember tiptoeing to the warm mango pickle jars full of oil shimmering in the lazy sun. As grandma slept, we would steal some and scamper away to our hiding place…
And The Clouds Parted
I walked in rain, my body drenched, soul parched, crevices in my heart and then I bumped into you and the clouds parted, The world turned golden again. Happiness had eluded me for long hope had died a while ago I travelled the world…
The Unicorn
A unicorn on my daughter’s face, a piece of face painting that I love, for in her young heart, she believes in unicorns, in magic , in dreams. The unicorn will be gone in a day but I hope in her heart it will…
My Safe Place
The pink curves of the mouth are a world of hidden mysteries, beckoning me, maybe it is me I will discover in them. The blue specks of the eyes, flanked by brown mountains promise me of secrets, sizzling and scintillating Is it him I…
Will Love Stay?
Love arrives, raw and simple bringing along cousins questions and complexities. Will love stay, will it grow? Or with time, wither, will it? You step into the unknown, love rendering you fearless, You believe that it will all be roses, dreaming of a happily…
A Rainbow In My Window
A rainbow peeps through my window scattering colour in the dark room struggling to sneak into my being determined, stubborn, steady. My head and I, push back, So accustomed to darkness, that blinding are the slivers Of red blue, violet and indigo. Feel some…
Fiction in a Flash
- My Roaming Soul September 8, 2019
- The Afternoons of My Childhood August 24, 2019
- Clouds August 3, 2019
- N for Nervous July 27, 2019
- Rest June 29, 2019
- A Common Friend June 16, 2019
- The Butterfly June 9, 2019
- The Big City June 1, 2019
- Afternoons of my Childhood May 11, 2019
- The Temptress April 28, 2019
