Jun 18, 2016 Free Verse, Original Poetry, The Daily Post
Cracked Glass
©June 18th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Crackled flat disc of blue glass
With a crack cutting through,
Sits on window ledge, sunlight
In its midnight heart,
And calms my sleep-weary eyes,
And makes an ocean in my mind.
Every morning, I gaze at it
And every night, it draws me.
I drink that blue, suck it thirstily,
Feel it flowing, slicing through
My vision, slipping sideways into dreams.
I love its beauty
And equally so, that crack
Cutting through, ruthless, deranged –
So very flawed, it is,
And so very perfect!
Don’t touch it!
You might cut yourself!
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May 28, 2014 Original Short Stories
PHOTO PROMPT
Copyright –Jennifer Pendergast
I must confess I was inspired to write another one. This prompt by Jennifer Pendergast is to blame. (Thanks, Jennifer! And thanks, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, for hosting your wonderful 100-word, Fiction-Writing challenge for the Friday Fictioneers community every Wednesday! I hope I haven’t overstepped my bounds in attempting another story. If I have, I’m so sorry! If not, please let me know if you liked this one!
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Cogito, Err-go Sum, OR: De-Programming Perfection
©May 28th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
I remember that arch.
I’d seen it from a distance, knew the sacrifice it entailed.
I came from a world where only bleakness and machines existed. I had been one of them, perfect. I never made mistakes. I was programmed not to.
Someone had worked on me and given me form, flesh, a soul, a past and a passport.
“Now you may go. You can learn about our world,” she said.
I tried on gratitude. My voice was hoarse. “Thank you,” I said.
And I entered that other world through that arch.
I was human.
I erred.
Then, I cried.
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Tags: #Friday Fictioneers, #Original Short Story, #Perfection, cogito ergo sum, errors, From machine to man, programming and de-programming, to err is human