Lucy's Shadows_Defying Boundaries_FIVE BUCKS PROMISE_Butter Chicken and Heaven
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Lucy's Shadows
From the moment I was born, people loved to tell me how lucky I was.My memories were flooded with waves of people upon people giving me proud smiles and praising my gift. The words were nearly synonymous with the smells of my parents’ bakery, where I spent most of my childhood before my schooling. I would sit in a corner with my dolls and strangers would cast me badly hidden glances until one of my parents introduced me. I got used to the attention and perfected a smile to give in appreciation. My parents tried to shield me from too much attention, though I once heard Father note that it wasn...
Defying Boundaries
An old piano one side of the fireplace, an equally old stool made out of animal skin on the other side. www.onedoor.ccTwo rocking chairs strategically positioned close to the fire place. On one of the walls is a huge sculpture of a king. The house and it’s old furniture resembles a museum. An 80 year old man walks into the room and sits himself slowly into one of the chairs. The glowing fire makes the old man’s wrinkles more pronounced and shiny.“Why do you keep this piano grandpa? Look it has most of the keys missing. Are you going to use it one day?” asked Teddy sitting in the other rocking chair. “There ...
FIVE BUCKS PROMISE
FIVE BUCKS PROMISE His head was too big for his body. His big hollow eyes stark and his cheekbones tight against his dusty pale skin. Crouched on the ground covered with yellow dust, this 10-year-old waited for the puppy to crawl out from under the low raised platform of his neighbor’s home. He smiled as he watched the puppy eat the gravel. How fun it would be to let it fight with the puppies of the other kids on the ground he thought. He was pretty sure his would wallop the daylight out of every other. “Looking for dust?” Bailey said. He looked up to see Bailey, her hair oiled and braided in...
Butter Chicken and Heaven
“Come on people, line up in single file! Lady, I said SINGLE FILE!”I sighed and brushed past the flight attendant, her voice screaming through the megaphone.“Single File! All aboard the Kanarli Airlines, heading to the Islands Of Paradise!”I scoffed, thinking Why would I go to the Islands when Heaven is already paradise?I was a ghost.Supposedly.If all of y’all are thinking about YOUR vision of Heaven. . . just stop.I’ll tell you what it’s really like.Not everything was made of clouds, though a lot were. The clouds were a variety of pastel colours; pink, blue, yellow, and of course, white. The ...