Akshay Praveen
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I like to write stories and play sports(badminton and chess) in my free time.
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Chains
Since a young age, I yearned for that fateful encounter: that one infinitesimal moment of liberation from the plane of mundanity transforming into something more, an intense passion to do anything in the world for someone’s recognition. My sentiment arose when I met her: a being that completed my fragmented self and healed my darkened and opaque heart. My daily life was nothing special: the sun was obscured by dark clouds, a scarce abundance of animals could be seen throughout the area, and I was working. The repetition of my life was enough to scare any average man: slaving away as a plumber, changing the rusting pipes, and eating sickening bland food day after day slowly began to dictate my life. However, only one deviation from this edict remained—walking in nature. I believed that absconding into the depths of the natural world would somehow mask me from the horrors imprinted within me. One day, as I walked down the trail, I could feel it; something inside me gnawing at the chains; the sentiment became stronger with every step I took until I became consumed by it. From walking to running, restricted to liberated, I broke free of the chains. A unique hysteria had overtaken me and beckoned me to continue forward; it felt like I would be missing the chance of my life if I hadn’t. The thick forest slowly turned into a holy grassland abounding with life. My eyes, allured by the serene landscape, viewed its climax: a majestic deer. This deer had a look in its eyes that distinguished it from the rest, eyes full of life and liberty—a naive lamb untouched by the influences of humankind. The deer ran regardless of destination, bathing in its freedom with every step. With my euphoria reverberating throughout the fiber of my being, I ran after the deer. Unrelenting to secure the passage to paradise, I tirelessly pushed through my mortal chains till the deer’s exterminus. When I reached, I was spellbound; my eyes feasted upon the oasis of nature: a place abounding with green vegetation, water, and animals; the sun pierced through the blanket of clouds overhead and revealed a unique creature. This creature and I were of the same species, yet two different sides of a coin: she was wearing a bright yellow gown that flew with every gust of wind, she was smiling and laughing innocently and she also possessed the dignity of nobility. Her attributes compelled me towards her, onto that same strip of land she made holy through her presence. Standing next to her, I smelled the aroma of freedom; I smelled the lovely scent of high-class perfume emanating from her pure body. She turned to me, revealing her rich yellow eyes that made my heart thump. The sentiment grew—awakening my heart to a world devoid of the chains—and made me blush. Blushing was a first for a chained desolate man like me, and I knew that only one being in the universe had this ability: my destined soulmate.
By Akshay Praveen2 years ago in Art
CDIT-001
Chapter 1 ----------------------- “Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Why? No one can hear it because there is no air there. Therefore, one could argue it has no impact on space. However, what if this scream occurred in a place where air existed? It would definitely have an impact on living beings because they could hear it. You know, sometimes I wish the world was just like the vacuum of space, with sound not existing. But this is reality. Sound exists, and you hear things that you don’t want to, just like on that fateful day when war was declared on the whole world.”
By Akshay Praveen3 years ago in Fiction
A Train in a Zombie Apocalypse
The buzz of my phone shook every fiber of my being. I jolted straight and woke to an unknown and unfamiliar ceiling in a train—the lighting was only visible enough to see a couple of yards ahead of me. As I fought off the sleepiness in my eyes, I felt vibrations passing through the bottom of the floor and into my feet.
By Akshay Praveen3 years ago in Horror
