The Concept of Now_Uncertain Waters_The Star Lost in the Dark_The day the Earth stood still
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The Concept of Now
Before. I cherish the concept and stop in front of the old, oak table where one of the pieces my mother had painted is hung above the center of the wood. I lift my hand, allowing my fingertips to bump over the places where my mother let the oil paint dry thick. The painting is of the ocean with deep blues and hints of greens. It’s an unfamiliar place to me, but it was the world to my mother. The clink of china. I drop my hand at my side and gather myself into the presence of now. It’s just dinner, I swallow, with people I don’t know. Strangers.www.onedoor.cc I lift my skirts as I walk down the darkened hal...
Uncertain Waters
My mother was six months pregnant with me when the carnival came to town. My parents went to see what it had in store. They came across a fortune teller's tent and, they went inside for a prediction about me, or at least that was my mother's intentions. The fortune-teller went through the typical " I was expecting you" schtick went they came inside. She asked them what they wanted to know and, my mother answers, " I want to know my child's future," The woman put her hands on the table and sat for a moment quietly. She told my mother terrible news " Your child will drown by the age of seventee...
The Star Lost in the Dark
Nina opened up the curtains of her bedroom window. She had to close her eyes as the light seemed to be blinding. The sun was already up in the sky and shining brightly but she felt dead inside. Everything she tried to do for her father failed. There was nothing left she could do despite accepting the reality.* * * *Three knocks on the door, a little pause, and another four. The code was right therefore there was no need to disguise herself. Eris was in her favorite attire; a shoulder-less, long dress that was dark maroon. Her hair fell up to her knees like a dark cascade of water, shining and ...
The day the Earth stood still
Fariha faked being asleep as soon as she heard footsteps coming toward her bedroom. She knew who it was. 'How many times do I have to yell at the same thing over and over again’? Her mother said while she opened the curtains of her bedroom window. 'Not again', Fariha thought to herself while her head was covered inside her blanket. 'Does anyone ever listen to me in this house? How do I change you and your brother when your father has the same habit of sleeping till noon on the weekend'. She pulled off Fariha's blankets. 'If you don't come down in 10 minutes you can forget about going out with ...