Haiku #6 ~ A Frozen Sun

This winter day-

Behind low clouds,

Is a frozen sun.

Also, day 19 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

The Lonely Shoe

Could you ever solve the mystery of an abandoned shoe on the road? Why is it that every so often as you're driving along there's just one shoe lying on the road? There's never the other shoe in the pair, just that one shoe! Does someone throw their shoe out the window in disgust? Do kids throw their parents' shoe out? Do they sprout from seeds sewn by bird droppings in the pavement? Or a shoe left due to an accident, kidnap? What?!

I've seen a lonely shoe on a dusty road quite often. I wonder why it’s there?

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One sad shoe that someone has probably flung out of a car or truck,

I wonder, why only one?

Something I have forgotten to remember,
That there are always mysteries in life.

Shoes no longer go in pairs,
But why did the owner keep the other to himself?

I wonder!

Was he afraid (as I so often am with inanimate objects) to hurt its feelings?
That one shoe on the road, invokes my awe and my sad pity.

This post was based on the picture prompt (above) provided for Write Tribe’s Wednesday Prompt. http://writetribe.com/wednesday-prompt-2014-3/

Also, day 18 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

Little Did She Know ~ 55 Words

‘I believe anyone who is unbelievably good is unreal. Good guys are real guys, with all their follies, who forget to wish you on special days, but are always there to pick up the broken pieces when you most need them, like you Sahil.’ Alia said. 

Little did she know, her best friend loved her to madness!

This post is for Write Tribe prompt – 55 fiction – ‘Little did she know.’

For more details: http://writetribe.com/55-friday-2014-1/

Also, day 17 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

A Woman Of Strength

Infinite questions come to my mind… 

Which answer is reliable?
 
I look at you, I observe you carefully; my soul and mind join together to answer me in some way…

In you, I see a tender, sweet yet a fearless and a passionate woman, branded by the fire of the harshness of life!

Forming a shield, an impenetrable castle, but I know that behind all of this, there is an unimaginable woman, who is hell-bent fearless!

Also, day 16 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

P.S: This post is also for http://lilliemcferrin.com/five-sentence-fiction-fearless/

Haiku #5 ~ 'Happily Ever After'

After "Once upon a time",

Comes your chance to make..

"Happily ever after!"

Also, day 15 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

Strangers In The Night - 100 Words

Being jobless, Mayank didn’t want to marry this soon, but he couldn’t convince his ‘what-will-the-society-think’ mom! Dejected, he walked the streets until the sun went down and the night seeped out.

He saw a beautiful girl in pink chudidaar approaching him. He stared in wonder, ‘How can anyone be so beautiful?’ Her beauty bowled him over!

‘Hi, may I know from where do we get a cab for Tardeo? I am new in Mumbai,’ she asked innocently.

‘Ah, well what a coincidence! I am going to Tardeo too. We can manage a single cab. It’s already too late.’

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 5 years later.

Shivani asked Mayank if he remembered how they first met. ‘Ofcourse! Your deep black eyes and your smile gave me a new hope. My first thought was I must have her,’ he said, taking hold of her hand.

‘Who’d have thought that the stunning lady I shared my cab with, was the one my mom had already arranged for me?!’ he winked!

‘It turned out so right, strangers in the night, two lonely people who just exchanged glances then, share love today! The STRANGER whom I can't forget - lives with me today!’ she said.

P.S: This post is for IndiSpire. (Edition 53) #TheStranger
This post has been written for Write Tribe's 100 Words on Saturday 2014 #2 . The prompt was 'Strangers in the night.' Details here: http://wp.me/p3yGYl-2oc

Also, day 14 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

Need of the hour: Freedom of Love

Not all love stories have a perfect ending. Many stay unrequited. And a few extremely unfortunate ones are forced into tragic ending- maybe in the guise of family honor. 

Unfortunately, beyond all laws exists a far superior law, the "social" law- which dictates people's lives.

Falling in love and the choice of your soul mate comes with a 'terms and conditions' rule book governed by 'self appointed custodians'.

The decision is forced upon you and when you rebel, you bring down the wrath of the entire clan.

In some castes, you cannot marry someone from another caste! Then, this doesn't end here. While in other sub-castes, you cannot marry someone within that very sub caste.

Leave alone religion then, it becomes a very big difference! We are made to pay for a sin we never committed. We do not have a choice over choosing a religion.

Even today, in most Indian families you can't cross the line of religion, ethnicity and social status to establish a relationship that will be acceptable in the society.

We live in such a love suppressed society. Some take a stand and revolt, some run away to start life afresh, some tragically sacrifice their lives.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking! It is high time our society allows its people the freedom of love, instead of forcing decisions.

It is okay to love someone. Moreover, it's completely okay to love someone who doesn't belong to your caste/religion! There is no honor in killing love, but there is honor in accepting love.

This is a mindset problem, an outdated perception of the old India. We need to get over this, so that we can hear more of ‘perfect happy endings’!

 Also, my Day 13 at Ultimate Blogging Challenge!