Category: My writing

  • Room with a view

    Room with a view

    The first thing I did when I arrived at our apartment was open the doors to the balcony to take full advantage of having a room with a view. There it was: a magnificent view over the Sardinian Bay. For a change the travel guide had not exaggerated. Before me miles and miles of glittering white…

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  • Predator

    Predator

    Softly he strides with total disdain,showing none of the hidden painit must give him to be in a cage,to suppress his predatory rage.Only his constant majestic ambulationreveals some of his intense irritation.He should be prowling the open plain,should be showered by the cooling rain,be the leader of the pride,roam the steppes far and wide.The reason…

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  • Predator

    Predator

      Softly he strides with total disdain,showing none of the hidden painit must give him to be in a cage,to suppress his predatory rage.Only his constant majestic ambulationreveals some of his intense irritation.He should be prowling the open plain,should be showered by the cooling rain,be the leader of the pride,roam the steppes far and wide.The…

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  • Elixir of life

    “Do you think they are gone?”, she whispered. Sweat was running down her back as she tried to lie as still as possible. “Be quiet! I can still hear them looking for us upstairs”, he said and tried to locate where their enemies were. It was extremely hot in the cupboard they were hiding, but…

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  • Six stages

    “I can’t move anything. I didn’t go blind as I can see the green light of the clock. I am not dead either because I am still breathing and thinking and I can hear my own voice when I am calling out for help. One moment I was driving home from work, listening to the…

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  • Parents P at M

    My parents were always very strict about bed times except in the weekends when we could make it as late as we wanted. During the week we were sent to our rooms with the directive NOT to bother them again. Parents today would be shocked about this treatment as non compliance was met with a…

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  • Going nowhere

    Going nowhere

    Oh, the bliss of the flight over there. Those warm nights in New York. They had a little falling out when he suddenly said that he had to visit his wife’s sister just to say hello. Of course, she could not come. That would be too painful for the sister. Finally, she gave in. She…

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