Muchtar Suryawan

Joined July 2021

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Mary's Gold
Since he died, I have been suffocated with marigolds. My daughter brings them every time she visits, thinking they'll help me heal. I don't have the heart to tell her how much they hurt.
By Muchtar Suryawan4 years ago in Fiction
Ibra(him). Top Story - April 2023.
Soft fabric, fluttering in the wind - a gentle lilac covered with delicate, white flowers - crossed my vision. I froze, awed by the dancing, intricately embroidered pattern that I had felt drawn to the moment my sister was gifted it for her sixteenth birthday.
By Muchtar Suryawan4 years ago in Fiction
Finding the One at a Café
12:59 One more minute and my shift would be over. I looked down at my smudged tennis shoes, praying some famished or dehydrated customer wouldn't show up until after a minute had passed.
By Muchtar Suryawan4 years ago in Fiction
Autopoiesis
Inside of a barn is where my heart is. I don't mean this in a nice, nostalgic way. I'm not a farmgirl. I didn't grow up milking cows and fertilizing crops or whatever you do growing up on a farm. It seems possibly like a nice life to live, an ideal you sometimes see on screens. I know to be successful having this lifestyle, though, you must be strong, strong-willed, dedicated, durable. And me? Well, I don't even know if I have ever stepped foot into a barn before.
By Muchtar Suryawan5 years ago in Fiction
Inevitable
The scraping of stone against the hard, dry surface of the earth makes the hairs on Phoenix's arm stand up; a learned response after their base had been discovered one too many times by, luckily, only the occasional pitiful scavenger. But it was too good of a spot to give up, so they chased any strangers away with their collection of weapons used to protect Briar. They let out a breath of relief once it becomes apparent that it’s only her, coming back from a foraging expedition.
By Muchtar Suryawan5 years ago in Fiction