Nsansa was right when he said I would be blamed for Uliya’s death. The young blossoming and fertile second wife of my husband had succumbed to a mysterious fatality, and I was the only witness. A hundred villagers surrounded us as we sat on the ground. U...
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Ashley awoke in the middle of the night to find fifteen missed calls on her phone. Her first instinct was to wake Bill, but as she reached for him, she had an alarming thought.Wasn’t he on call last night?Ashley allowed her hand to hover briefly, indulgin...
I hated how beautiful she was.I hated her sleek, slender figure, her caramel skin, her and her long dark hair. Traditionally men couldn’t stand the idea of a slender wife. However, for a farmer like my husband, a slender wife was ideal. I was a...
The shame upon your face as you turned and walked away, spoke silently in volumes of the things you could not say; You'd finally given up, thought you'd fought a valiant fight; Our marriage just a casualty of the battles in the night; The vows we shared a...
If I'd known then what I know now, I'd never have stood beside and taken the vow; But hindsight is 20/20 and love is blind, the caring facade veiled secrets, well confined; You keenly pursued me, and turned on the charm, a well executed plan, meant to di...
A pink blush tinged her cheeks, That moment he smiled at her. And how she flushed so red, When he offered a flower. She glowed more than the sapphire, On her finger, he bestowed. With promises of forever, Of together, growing old. She was a beauty in whit...
Our Love Story
Two lonely middle aged people meet by chance and fall in love.PrologueFrom a purely personal point of view, happiness is extremely difficult to describe. We are either happy, or we are unhappy, and it seems that there is little we can do, however hard we may strive, to make ourselves happy. The story I am going to t...
Internal thoughts of a woman alone
As she sat there on the busy train, trying to blend in, he imagined her lifeShe was plain as paper. There was something very nondescript about her. The darkish, straight brows, the blue eyes that were just that - blue. Not a special blue, or a sparkling blue. They were neither light blue nor dark. Just blue. The oval face that wa...
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How you break my heart You'll never know Each word of her Tears my world in two And only then Are my eyes opened And I realize You and I May never be. My tears are gathering I can feel them in my heart Can you see them pooling there They glisten Like mo...
Perfection
Asking a beautiful girl for a date has amazing resultsI was her first, and she was my last.I know that’s overly cliched, but it was the absolute truth for both of us. I don’t recall, exactly, the very first time that I saw her. She was working at a local market as a cashier. The owner seemed to rotate regula...
I may be a complicated, difficult, often timesshort tempered, dare I say shrew?I know I'm a mess, but for better or worseyou agreed and signed on the dotted line.Did you really think in light of recent eventsI could love you any less?I'm almost insulted b...
True Love Prevails
Our life togetherFunny how true love prevailsEven after those dark daysBack to our life fairy-taleIn bad times, I did prayWe're both in a better placeLove is back and here to stayWe now always touch baseWe can talk and have lots to sayLaughter fills our rooms I feel I hav...
Stares and cries..oh what a sight The ring on her finger catches the light She closes her eyes and tries to forget What she had done, so full of regret Weeks ago she told him no That she didn't want him and had to go So how was she here in this awful dres...
Your Mood Is Back
Tired of your moodsI’m so tired of how you treat me I know that you’re stressed I dream of running to be free I’m so not enjoying this mess I hate the way you talk to me We’re supposed to be a team I really think you do agreeI really just want to scream I really am at a los...
A Total Disconnect
I'm so done!I can't talk any time of the day I'm at my boiling point There's nothing more to sayThis is a complete disjoint Don't say thisYou roll your eyesThis is not happy blissThis is no surprise I'm depressed and hurtMy headaches are backTired of you being curtI'...