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Fiends of the night
by celestialmind
Dariah dragged herself into the bathroom, the fresh memory hung on the walls of her thoughts like a death sentence executed everyday of her life. She wanted to erase every detail that reminded her of the event on that day,years ago.
- Oct, 19 2015
- Crime Psychological Thriller
Island Man with a Celestial flavor
by celestialmind
We sit face to face with a wall between us; I have never seen his face, neither he mine. We describe ourselves and create mental pictures of each other. Then everyday we hold a conversation; I close my eyes and see through the wall: I listen...
- Aug, 19 2015
- Lyric
Muddiness of losing my teeth
by celestialmind
I've often had a dream where am trying to escape from someone trying to steal my teeth so I never get to smile...it's not funny;its instead become my greatest fear.
Ooooh Dear President Obama; THE GRASS HAS REFUSED!!!
by celestialmind
Now that the President Obama fever has subsided after his visit to my country, I can generously share my 'pre-visit' piece about the frenzy of grass growing in three days before his arrival. This I had shared on another site. I hope you enjoy!
- Jul, 27 2015
- Humor
Forget me not...
by celestialmind
This thing will just pass down the lineage, if they all have to be remembered...perhaps by the fig tree planted by her forefathers, silently peeping through the window as they drink and go, one by one.
I want to smell two dead bodies...
by celestialmind
They instigated war against us with their sharp vicious tongues, made us turn against our own brothers. Why are they now? I will feed their bloody hearts on vultures...
He's walking dead!!
by celestialmind
I may not truly wrap my mind around this man's story of death and resurrection, his body buried in no-man's land; his torso in Kenya, feet in Tanzania. I listen very keenly, believing every word from his mouth- he is my father!
- Apr, 30 2015
- Crime Realistic Fiction
I saw it all!...Part 2- Truth at a price
by celestialmind
I must confess I sometimes enjoyed the "Aunty" moments though it was a forced cheering responsibility bestowed on me: when she would walk from the bathroom into my mama's closet and fit her clothes and jewelry and make me sit and judge her...
Trapped
by celestialmind
I stare at myself in the mirror, pat my lips with a wondering palm. Cracked. They are so dry; as dry as my feelings inside. The running water in the bathroom sink doesn't help much. The little drops trickling beckon me. I sip but nothing. Pain...
Love is absurd
by celestialmind
Strange how you can look into new eyes and drown
Amazing how a stranger can hold you with a warm gaze
Send the heart thudding and thoughts racing with a simple handshake...
- Mar, 26 2015
- Poetic
I saw it all!...Part 1
by celestialmind
So I remember: A young beautiful girl...so much younger than my mother, jumping out of my father's bedroom window. My eyes were only seven years old. But the memory is now 23 years older, very vivid with images intact like the reflection in my...
A child's mind
by celestialmind
Speak a child's mind
Innocent, honest, a pure undefiled flowing conversation
Who speaks a child's mind?...
- Mar, 24 2015
- Poetic