A NEW MEMORY....

FRIDAY FICTIONEERS PHOTO PROMPT

Photo Prompt © Roger Bulltot

Word count: 99

And the rightmost window was my study room”, he reminisced. 

“And from here I used to call him for play”, she held his hand as she chuckled.

A lot had changed…as had their life. Ambitions and responsibilities took them away from this lovely haven that had all their childhood memories. Else their children might have had the same.

A playful shriek broke their daydream. Naughty Chris was already inside the study while little Liz was dangling on the window, determined not to loose!

She rested her head cozily on his shoulder. May be our kids have a memory now!

  



Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.

PS: Thanks YuhuTama for introducing me to this challenge... You inspire me to write consistently! :)

Outlawed Love.....

I had been with her since my memory holds. We were inseparable. I had always fallen for her blonde curls. A cheezz on her face complimented her. I still remember our first touch. It was blazing and then she seemed to melt in me. She eased my pain in my blue hours, added spice to my joyful moments. Her absence at home, even for a day, was unnerving. I had my life planned with her by my side.

Suddenly one day, she was nowhere to be seen. People around had started talking, blaming her of deceit but I was in my own utopic dream to notice this. She was everyone's favorite. How could one event uproot everything!  But obviously, she had vanished from everyone's life now. The blaming fingers were missing her now, but the damage was done.

            I lost my appetite. I dreamt the same dream every night-her fragrance, so alluring, receding till it was non-existent. Many came in my life after that- younger, flamboyant, and tastier if I might dare say. But there was a void she left in me which wasn’t to be filled.

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And here she was, facing the other side. I had realized that she wasn't to stay. That this meeting might be the only one in ages! My mind kept yelling, “It took you ages and all your might to move on, now you can’t fall again." Yet my innocent heart paced ahead…

I embraced her, let her curls loose, tended her, sprinkled her with the much yearned spice; let her turn crimson in the heat I ignited. Her fragrance wafted and filled the whole house.

At last, I tasted her...

For a brief instant, at least! At last…I had you.

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Oh my dear Maggi!! Meri Maggi!!

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PS: This was published when Nestle maggi was banned in India. Having lived the whole life eating maggi, it was a big shock for many like me. And then one day, I saw a chotu maggi packet buried in the stash in a closet, which triggered this story. 

Just..is….it.???

I just killed a cockroach in my bathroom…Why did I do that?? Was it going to harm me, I don't think so... why did I kill it? May be because it was weaker than me and I could kill it. It has been a convention that mighty crushes weaker beings, rich suck the life out the poor and those ones without voice.

Once in a jungle safari, we encountered tiger chasing deer. The tiger was successful to pounce on his appetite. But we couldn't bear the painful groaning of the deer struggling between life and death. When it moaned its last sigh, my friend exclaimed," it is so unjust. Why does the deer have to die to satiate the hunger of someone?" The first thing that came in my mind was, "That is the rule of nature!" But before I could utter it out, I went into retrospection. There are numerous instances when we are donning the mask of the 'tiger' pouncing on preys...

If it's just on the part of tiger, is it on ours??

Is it just to pluck leaves just to kill time?

Is it right to exploit nature, to waste gallons of water while thousands die of thirst?

Is it just to waste or rather over exploit resources just because we can...

      Getting back to my senses, I replied, "Tiger stops hunting when his stomach is full." ...Over-eating is manmade not natural......!!!!!

To my guru.....

another advantage out of laziness!! ;)

THE BOON OF LAZINESS

Is it the last day to pay the bills!! It is already midnight and tomorrow is final submission of assignment! You want me to go to the flour mill! But there’s lot of wheat flour with us to manage for another three days, let’s finish it first! Getting up early! What does that mean?  I am already late for work, but just one more work remaining to be done. And the most usual phrase- It has 2 bars left! Let me use my mobile for some time more before I plug it for charging.

         Such people are usually termed as LAZY! But according to me it’s a very biased way of analysing the trait of character of a person. I, who have shown such traits right from my childhood and continue to do so, have some points in favour of our flock.
        First point I put forward is that we are not lazy, but we like to get fullest of everything! We like to exploit the resources, squeeze it as much as we can. We anyways have to charge the mobile, why not use it till it’s nearly discharged and charge it at once altogether. If this is followed daily, you have to get parted from your cell for lesser time than in the earlier case. Postponing a job is not cancelling it altogether. It’s just like keeping the ice cream aside till you finish off your pudding. This time which you get can be utilized in doing some other work.

        Secondly, in this world full of monotonous unadventurous activities, it adds a thrill to our life. You have to do a job, you accomplish it-It’s over. Nothing’s left. But if you keep the same task till the deadline, it adds thrill to your life. Standing in the line to pay the bill with 10 people in front before half an hour of its closure is not a child’s play. Completing the assignment just minutes before submission gives the much needed adrenaline flow, adding adventure to your life.

        Third point is that when a job is done at the eleventh hour, it takes far lesser time than in usual routine. It can be said (even statistically proven by our cult) that the nearer we are to the deadline, more is the efficiency and time taken is less. In the nick of time, our mind is vigilant, muscles are agile and we are ready to complete the task whatever it might take.

Fourth and the most important point- It takes guts to be lazy! It tests the risk taking ability of a person. An ordinary person can’t handle the pressure surmounted while performing a job at the last moment. But we, the so called lazy people are well adept at handling it due to the armour of complacence with our maximum efficiency at critical conditions. As I mentioned earlier we want to get the fullest of everything, how can it be any different when it comes to dealing with ourselves … what you think!! J

S. RITIKA

WIRED MESS!!

    

Wires are everywhere-from the tail of our e-mouse to the umbilical power cord. Few years ago, it was the sky which was dressed up in wires. Be it electric lines, telephone or cable connection- there were lines all over our head obscuring the sky. Gradually there were technological advancements and the term wireless got more significance than just another TV remote control. God's own devices appeared in the form of Mobile phones and laptops giving unimaginable power to common man. They could do wonders. But these great gadgets were followed by some eternal connections -charger, head phone, USB, HDMI etc. If they seem a manageable handful, think again my friend! There’s an exclusive set of these for each gadget we are so accustomed to use! Packing them is yet another meticulous job. While travelling, I have a bag inside my luggage exclusively for these wires which contains individual pouches for each gadget of mine. 

           Why can't the head phone just be as it should be! No matter how hard I try, keeping it tidily, it’s a mess when taken out the next time. Half of my energy, time and good mood get wasted in unraveling the mess. You have to carefully find the knot, force the bulky ear bob into the loop loosened beforehand to ease the procedure. One mistake and you are doomed. If it gets entangled even more it will mean more perspiration.  
Knot by knot you untangle it and at last the feat is
 accomplished and you think that it's done! But no nono no-no no! You suddenly realize that one of the ear bob’s cover has been lost in this fiercely battle. You mourn on its demise, plug it into your mobile and you are all ears but again a technical difficulty arises. Having lived in India for so long (and due to your negligence to the ‘Handle with care’ sign), it needs some adjustments. Adjusting the pin, rotating it in all the directions, forcing it out halfway, all in an attempt to get that perfect alignment which will fill your ears with the rhythm-And the struggle pays.  You are successful. For hours you wander in your own world till the row of battery stripes get near extinct and you have to rush in emergency to find the savior for your dying pal. The charger! It's the thing most sought after in the modern world. One wonders the places it wanders to. From top of fridge to below the bed, be it alone contemplating in a cupboard or just hanging out in some forlorn switch board! It just ends up in a place where one doesn't search for it. And one wonders how it can keep exploring new places.

Fed up of all these wiry menaces my mom designated a box to shelter these poor homeless creatures. One whole day the dwellers inside and outside the box were in peace. But it's the law that disorderliness increases. Now one can often find them peeping out of the box, basking over a table top or even lying unnoticed on the floor. As wireless technology is advancing, newer gadgets are being marketed and each brings home more wires, hence more menace……....... 

Life is not that easy in a wireless world of wires…...just think about it.

S. RITIKA