This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 49; the forty-ninth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton. The theme for the month is "DOWN MEMORY LANE" | ( Three inter-linked 55 Fiction )
1. The Sign...
Down memory lane her mind went, remembering the first time she held his tiny body in her arms. All the labour pain and the pungent hospital stench forgotten, when the nurse handed her the little bundle of joy, her baby! His tiny fingers curled into hers ~ a sign, that he’d always follow her guidance.
2. The Promises...
Down memory lane her mind went, remembering the first time he had come running with blood smeared in his hands. In school, getting involved in a brawl and unable to control his anger, he had smashed his classmate’s head with a metal-rod. She faced everyone defending him, after his promises never to lose his cool.
3. The End...
Down memory lane her mind went, remembering those broken promises, year after year; when alas, she realized, she had given birth to a monster. A rapist son, she shot him dead. Maybe she shouldn’t have defended him all those years, she reminisced, clasping the prison-bars tight, with tears trickling down the corners of her eyes.
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Not a trip she'd have liked to take, that's for sure. The if-only would be more painful than the prison cell.
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ReplyDeleteMy BAT entry Torn Pages
That's crisp. Nicely written...surely even small signs of violence should not be ignored.
ReplyDeleteMy Entry - Poetry of Sorrow
Years of dilemma and pain in a few words. Beautifully expressed!
ReplyDeleteAgony of mother well expressed.
ReplyDeleteVery well written!!! Something that shows today's scenario except that the mother is still defending her boy believing that he's keeping his promise!!! (The Delhi Rape case)
ReplyDeletethanks a lot @everyone :-)
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