A few days ago, I accompanied my wife to her favorite Christian charity, and there was a new face behind the service counter. “Where is Conor,” she asked the new attendant. “He’s not on duty?” Conor was the guy who normally met. An Irish man, he was always bubbly and made everyone feel welcome. He even learned to pronounce my wife’s name. “Boooola,” he would boom, and laugh aloud at himself. “He’s gone,” was the reply. “Gone, where?” “Gone back…
It is funny how the more things change, the more they remain the same. You think you have left the past behind, only to find it following you everywhere you go, like a shadow. “Check your phone and wallet!” That was the thought that flashed through my mind as somebody bumped into me in the process of getting off the bus. Pulse racing, my hand flew to my pocket to confirm if it still held its precious cargo. Of…
Sometimes life gets so rough, That all a soul wants is to venture, Beyond the cacophony of shore, Until it disappears, Into the cold quiet darkness, Where bliss supposedly rests, In a long and dreamless peace.
Dear Friend, This one is for you, yes, YOU! People see you every day. They get hypnotized by the dazzle of your smile and the rumble of your jolly laugh. Everyone gushes about the exuberance of your character, and most of them earnestly desire to be you, the perfect picture of a rambunctious citizen of ‘happy city’. Many want to be in your shoes because of the image you portray, they want to be that personae you project, whose…
Photo Credits – Keemdreams Abdulhakeem Abdukareem You and I, Innocently trapped, deep inside, Hostages of ego, Victims of adult designs.