Feb 5, 2016 Uncategorized
Choose Carefully
©February 5th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Wonderstruck, thunderstruck,
You twirl on shifting sands
Of contradiction and paradox,
And the dance of life
Becomes dizzy.
To care, or not to care
To work, or not to work
To laugh, or not to laugh
To think, or not to think
To eat, or not to eat
These are choices when
You have plenty.
To be, or not to be —
Dolorous cogitations
That only comfort, and wealth,
And the having of things
Make possible.
Ah, but when you have nothing at all,
To be — that is the only question.
And the answer?
Ah, that’s for you to find,
And Life is patient
So is Time.
Choose carefully.
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Tags: #Original Poetry, Choose, Choose Life, To be, To do, To have
Feb 5, 2016 Daily Life
… made us all happy, especially our daughter (not pictured) and the dog (pictured, but not in the snow).
Feb 5, 2016 Friday Fictioneers
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Forbidden
©February 5th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
I waited for him, lost in regret.
Twenty years ago, we’d parted friends, but frosty. We had, however, agreed that we would meet on this day, on the banks of the water-hyacinth-clogged river where we’d learned to swim together, spin fantasies about our future, and study for exams.
It had taken me a while to find the spot, but I was here.
I heard a footstep.
“Manush?”
“Preetham?”
He came forward. We embraced.
“I’m sorry for rejecting you, causing you such pain.”
“I didn’t mean to misunderstand you.”
“Friends?”
I looked at the man I still loved.
“Forever,” I replied.
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P.S. Manush is a male Indian name, meaning “Man” and “Preetham” is another male Indian name, meaning “Love,” or “Beloved.”
Thanks, for the fourth time (and why AM I in this crazed story-spinning state this week?) to our Fairy Blog-Mother, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting Friday Fictioneers, and to Erin Leary for this haunting photo-prompt.
Tags: #Love, forbidden love, Friendship, Original 100-word short story based on a photo-prompt