Wednesday 19 April 2017

Fear!


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She kept her first steps into the new city. And that night a thundering sound awakened her from the deep sleep, her half-sleepy eyes wandered all around, the building wall opposite her window reflected light like fire…her ears got deafened by repeated bursting. A flash of a thought crossed---blast, fire---she ran to her kids’ room. They were sleeping tight. From the window she could see dancing flames of fire. Nothing was clear, the sleep still held her half-conscious mind; she called her husband in sheer fear. He came to her and stared out, “Oh, my God, one of the car parked in the road side has caught fire, I think their water hose is not working properly, the other car and a third one also caught fire.” They both came fully out of their sleep; fire engine’s shrilling sound echoed, finally the fire fighting team arrived. Hard work for almost hours and the fire like a serpent coiled back and vanished. Fire is her greatest fear, a fear that infiltrated in the dead silence of a deep sleep.

Owl hoots through night and
Summer tries to cool down its pangs
Creepy shadows bloom



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6 comments:

  1. I would be afraid of that fire, too, especially if it were nearby.

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  2. Fire is a very real fear! Immediate and scary this write is. The haiku wraps it all up wonderfully well.

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  3. This set my feelings up and down. Bravo! Nicely done.

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  4. Gayle Walters Rose20 April 2017 at 07:53

    Fire is very frightening when it is close by and especially to be awakened out of a sound sleep. You set the stage so well. My mother's heart was right with yours as you ran to make sure your babies were okay.

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  5. Scary...I had bad nightmares of fire burning down neighborhoods ~ Good one Sreeja ~

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