Ariel felt really uncomfortable on the beach for she had just found out that sea water was fatal to all her kin.
Once she made sure that those she had thrown into the sea weren’t returning in one piece, she hummed to herself as she walked back to the land.
Karma was indeed a boomerang, for she had visited the beach on a day when a Tsunami warning had been issued for the coastlines.
This is a response to Sonya’s challenge, 3 Line Tales, where we write 3 lines about the picture above.
12 seconds to go up a flight of stairs, 5 to dash across the overhead footpath, and 10 steps to come down right next to the train – leaving us with under a minute to spend before the train departs.
And yet, I stay here on the other end of the railway station, sending a predetermined message of farewell, written earlier in the day.
As my message lights up the phone’s screen, I can spot the smile that’s enough for me – I don’t want us to see each other, just to be separated in under a minute by predetermined fate.
This is a response to Sonya’s challenge, 3 Line Tales, where we write 3 lines about the picture above.
My writing is a bit rusty 🙂 It’s been months since I last wrote fiction. Hoping to change habits, again. Also, I’ve been unable to add comments on other blog’s posts. Have any of you faced something similar? If so, how do I set it right?
Continue reading Leagues Under The SeaThe jellyfish swim deep underwater without fear of the turtle in the sea.
The sick humans dump their plastics to sink underwater without fear of destiny.
The poor sea turtle, clearly confused in murky underwater between venom and delicacy.
Continue reading Cat on the Wall“Launching my next attempt at jumping across the water to reach the rat-infested ship – may the force be with me. Catpain out.”
*SPLASH*
Miles away a video was being uploaded on the servers of a very popular social media website almost instantaneously, bearing the caption, ‘Cat falls to death by drowning trying to catch a ship. LOL.’
*SOME ARBITRARY TIME LATER*
“My ninth and last attempt at flushing out the rats and clearing out the ship, WILL NOT be hampered by a body of water. May the force be with me as I decide to walk over the wall to a better vantage point. Catpain over and out.”
Continue reading Not All Who WanderThe speech droned on about maintaining one’s individual traits to make the world a better place to be.
“What a hypocrite. As if we ever stood a chance,” the artist scoffed, looking up at the stars.
For both up in the starry heavens and on Earth, individuals were lost in a sea of similarity, trying to find themselves.
Continue reading KarmaIt had been nearly four weeks since the fish had cunningly trapped the snake in the human’s trap.
The fearless fish wandered the creek when she smelt the snake weeks after the trap.
It felt the dead snakeskin as it looked into the eyes of the human who had caught the snake
Continue reading WallflowerInside a cracked wall, he found a flower.
Inside a broken heart, she found her lover.
Inside this broken world, we are
yet to find peace that lasts forever.
Continue reading TrippyNo matter how old she was, he made her trip and fall
With him around, she would always have a ball
For, no matter how old she grew, she was a kitten after all.
Continue reading 3001 AD“Buildings are important today as they give us place to survive and shade to live in.”
“But trees …?”
“Well, kid, you need to stop believing in mythological beings, especially in this new millennium.”
Continue reading Bar SpaceWhen a thousand suns rose,
Stunned we were – and poetry alone arose.
For to describe this beauty – insufficient is prose.
