Different light

Photo of a suburban street, with flowering trees and cards parked on the street, in black and white.

Shrouded in greyscale
urban streets void of colour—
trick of perspectives.

Amusing

Photo of a red chicken as an iPhone screensaver in the foreground with the name board of a shop called “chicken treat” in the background.

Laughter can be found
even in the gravest times
you have to seek it.

Woke

photo of a ferry's control panel — Image credit: Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash

It’s 8:58 pm on Saturday, and I lie waiting in bed. Sleep doesn’t come easy these days.

Stars twinkle outside my window, and my doona weighs down on my sore legs, comforting.

Is my posture right, I wonder adjusting my body, lengthening my spine and giving myself more contact with my cushion mattress. Did I drink enough water today? I doubt my dedication to myself and consider a New Year’s resolution, as the pounding in my head continues.

I sigh deeply, mutely cursing those loose hinges on my garage gate, squeaking in the spring night breeze.

“Israel strikes again,” the watchful media editor push-notifies me.

Still wide awake, I clear the notification and open Instagram. “I love that word! That’s what I’m going to name my next boat: ‘Eminence’,” some rich guy beams.

I think I’ll start writing short stories on this blog again. Thoughts?