September 04, 2015

STROKE - A Short Story



His still lips drift apart and an addiction crawled into his brain. His closed eyes nestled up comfortably amidst puffs of fumes. His facial muscles relaxed and her soul freed from the yearning of conversations. He inhaled that blank moment swiftly and discarded the fake affirmations one by one. Each puff veiled bottomless longing, his tears dried and escaped into the world as smoke.  He lied to himself once, nobody can wait forever, wound heals, pain departs, and that’s the way we live... I’ll celebrate life.”

Life chuckled ‘Play with philosophical versions, but I won’t be an easy call.’ 

- Ankita Chauhan