Memoir
Chapter 4: Elara from Goldkin Estate
Read Chapter 1 here: Read Chapter 2 here: Read Chapter 3 here: Chapter 4: Years passed, and Elara grew into a woman of depth, her days filled with work and her passions. From dabbling with web design to graphic design, she eventually found her safe space with writing. She carried on working in the corporate world, filling in shoes of roles within marketing departments and everything else under the sun - but her heart knew that writing for her go-to thing, and she quietly would write whenever time permitted.
By Manisha Dhalani2 years ago in Chapters
An Anniversary of it's Own
A full boat with no one I know. I am in a foreign country on foreign waters sitting with nothing but my thoughts as we head to reach the most crystal blue our eyes can devour, often known as paradise. It has taken me awhile to get here, not just the ninty minutes cruising on the rifts of the ocean, but to find a place where I am so happy to be alone without the need of someone to be my other half.
By Rilee Arey2 years ago in Chapters
Chapter 2: Elara from Goldkin Estate
Read Chapter 1 here: Chapter 2: As Elara stepped into her teenage years, the world around her began to blur. There was a feeling, a whisper in her heart that things were not as they seemed. Then, like a sudden storm, her mother's words confirmed her worst fears: her father had strayed. He was seeing another woman. A woman she knew. A woman close to their world.
By Manisha Dhalani2 years ago in Chapters
To Bangkok and Back
Life is strange and confusing at times, and if you had asked me a year ago if I would be happy the answer would be hell no. Yet, here I am knowing joy once again. 2023 was one of the most difficult years of my life followed by some of the best moments of my life. I started 2023 off with a painful breakup, almost lost my mother to cancer again, and lost a good friend all in the month of January. With all that suffering I still managed to come out on top. I saw the beautiful northern lights, I took a job out in Guam, and ended up traveling to countries I had always wanted to see. I saw Mt. Fuji in Japan; I saw the beautiful temples of Thailand and met a wonderful woman. I saw the streets of Mumbai and the Parthenon in Athens only to return home and lose my grandma.
By Matthew Mccahey2 years ago in Chapters
Love Means Letting Go
Years ago, I fell in love with a woman in Scotland on a pub crawl on my birthday. Back then I had no idea what love was nor do I now. It is complex, intricate and at times difficult to understand. However, I did know one thing for sure and that was my heart skipped a beat for the first time. I saw her from across the bar as she entered, and my heart recognized her immediately. She felt like a past love lost long ago, but I never forgot her. I gravitated towards her, and she felt larger than life, almost impossible to approach without butterflies in my stomach.
By Matthew Mccahey2 years ago in Chapters
The Play of Morana
On an uncanny silent black dark night, a group of people are chasing a person. The wounded person staggered to a halt at the edge of a high ditch, panting heavily. Blood seeped through their clothing, The surrounding silence was broken only by the distant sounds of nature and the person's labored breathing.
By aster shine2 years ago in Chapters
Rooted Resilience
This journey I'm on, it's a risky game, no doubt. Part one sailed smoothly, but the odds were more in my favor then. Part two? Well, that's anyone's guess, and I find myself performing for an audience that doesn't exactly have me on their list of favorites. Perhaps if they considered the long-term picture, things might be different, but alas, people rarely do. They say it's a team effort, easy to say when your roots are so firmly entrenched that uprooting seems impossible. I get it, I do. The captain plays for glory, and not everyone needs to shine for victory to be declared. But deep down, we all yearn to flourish, don't we? And here I am, laying low, hoping against hope that the spotlight might find me. If not, well, it's curtains for me.
By lahsen ezahouani2 years ago in Chapters
