Wintsarye

“Five little birds, sitting on the tree, l-i-v and i-n-g,” young Jason Baileys sang, “One of them falls, one of them calls, other three look, shrug, and fail to bawl.” Maisie looked at the kid, finished her green tea and walked into her house. Jamie sat at the table and looked at her. “Hey,” Maisie smiled. “How are you?” “I had another nightmare last night.” “I’m sure there is a silver lining to everything,” Jamie smiled, “It could be a signal that you are worrying too much?” “Mm…Maybe,” Maisie looked down at her 8 months pregnant belly. Maisie looked out the window. Her neighbours were out, gardening in their already immaculate front yard. “They are at it again,” She said, “The perfect Baileys.” “Are you jealous of them? Because I am looking at perfection and she looks nothing like the Baileys,” Jamie kissed Maisie’s forehead. He then looked into his phone and sighed. “What’s wrong?” Maisie asked. “The phone signal is out again. It has been coming in and out fo...

Georgie looked in the fish tank in a restaurant. The fish in there were going to be killed and cooked. She locked eyes with one of them, as she watched them drift and float up and down in that crowded fish tank. “They seem so… hopeless. I wonder what they are thinking…” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Oh no! A net!” A fish yelled. “Yeah, I heard about this before! A friend of friend of friend escaped from that and told my friend of friend about it,” Another fish said to the fish who yelled. They tried to swim away as fast as they could, but they got caught. “Well, your friend of friend of friend escaped right?” “Yes, but that was very rare. He jumped away from the net when he reached the top.” “We can try that?” They swam to the top. They started to surface and tried to wriggle and jump away from the net, but the sides were too high. “I…Think…We… Are… Going… To…” The fish gasped. “Yes…” The fisherman got the f...

She realised that he loves her, and she is getting married to his best friend the next morning. Oh, how foolish can one be? As she knew deep in her heart, she liked him from the beginning, and loved her fiancé later. But she knew no matter how well they get along, her connection with her fiancé could not be broken, as they experienced a lot, and made a promise to one another. A crush wouldn’t last anyways. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He cried as he watched her get married to his best friend, knowing maybe things will be different if he admitted it sooner. Oh, but will things be different? Could the crush turn into a relationship? Who could’ve known? Who would’ve known? His plus one was on his side, looking at him and smiling. She thought that he was touched by the atmosphere of the wedding. Maybe she was naïve, or maybe she just refused to see it clearly, to realise her date could be crying for another reason. He w...

I stroked my cat as we sat outside on the porch. I squinted my eyes at the sun setting at the horizon. “Amanda! Amanda, there you are,” My caregiver, Eleanor, came to look for me. “Hello, Eleanor. Look at the sun, isn’t it beautiful,” I smiled. “Yes, it sure is. We have to be inside before it sets though, so please come inside as soon as possible, yeah?” “I will, just… Let me enjoy this a bit longer, with Ms. Kathy here,” I smiled at my cat, as she purred. “Okay, I’ll call you when dinner is ready,” Eleanor got back inside the house. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I got in the house with Ms. Kathy, and Eleanor was serving dinner. Eleanor looked outside. The sun was slowly disappearing on the horizon. “Clear day today. Would be great to stay out and watch the sun set all the way, but you know.” I sighed, “Yeah, I am old but not ready yet.” Eleanor smiled and shut the thick blinds. We were eating our dinner and star...

A rock smashed through his window and woke him and the girl next to him up. “What was that?” “I don’t know,” He said, puzzled and afraid. The perpetrator panted outside after throwing the rock. She quickly glanced in and ran away. She got home, sat on the floor as she looked through her messages and remembering what happened that night. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Babe,” He said, and tried to hug her. She was shocked, knowing well enough that he would never call her ‘babe’, and that he called a close female friend of his ‘babe’ when they were having dinner with his friends that night. “Who do you think I am?” She struggled out of his embrace. “I…” He rolled over to the other side of the bed, still recovering from the alcohol consumption. She sat up, looked outside the window and saw the clear moon. The sky was clear, but her heart started to fill up with sorrow and resentment. ---------------------------------...

The following article is completely satire. If you are looking for genuine help, please refer to professionals who are trained in the field and can provide professional advice. So, you just broke up with your significant other. Broke up, split up, fell apart, or maybe you killed them, and you are now parted, in death and hell. Hell, as in where you are right now, which will be in jail, if you killed them. No matter where you are, who you are, what you are, breakups mostly hurt. If they don’t hurt for you, then please search for other articles that are more suited to your situation. Recommended ones are: “How to Win the Breakup (Again)” and “How to Bury the Hatchet(s) (that killed my feelings)”. Here are 7 steps you can follow, to finally, possibly, very likely, get over someone. Step 1: Delete their Presence. Yes. Delete it. If their faces, photos, ghosts are still around, then you can never get over them. Delete all photos, delete them off social media, exorcise their ghosts...

“Please, Amara, I’m sorry.” “I just… need some time,” I shook my head and opened the front door. “Please don’t leave me,” Kadison begged. “I’m… I don’t think I will. I am just going to go on this trip. When I get back, maybe I’ll get it figured out.” Kadison started crying. “I will be here,” He said, “I’ll think about what I did and how I can be better.” I sighed and left from the front door. I entered my car and started the engine. The sound of the engine revving soothed me, as I started to drive to the destination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I arrived at the destination and saw my friends. “Hi! It is you! Amara!” Joey put her arms around me. “Yeah, yeah, it is me,” I smiled as I looked around. My eyes met with Maddox’s. “Come on, most of them came!” Joey pulled me towards them. “I thought we said we didn’t even like high school reunion trips,” I laughed, “Especially if our class teacher hosted it.” ...

I sat next to Chris’ corpse, as I shot the last intruder with one of their guns. How did we get here? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I remember, back in university, I was hanging around this guy named Kieran. He was nice, charming and an overall gentleman, other than the fact that he was a bit of a know-it-all. We were having a causal relationship. After we graduated, we went our separate ways. I left the city to go travelling, and started to encounter various people, including some bad people who wanted to take advantage of me. Life is like a current that pushes you forwards. You either fight it, or you flow with it. To fit in and survive, I went with the flow, learned how to fight and gained their fear and respect. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years later, I came back to the city, and saw Kieran with another girl. We never really had feelings for each other, o...

“I don’t know if I can trust you anymore!” Naka yelled and put her hands over her eyes. “I am sorry, Naka, I really am,” Louis shook his head. “You keep doing this, over and over. It is hurting me, and this family,” Naka cried. “I am trying, I really am.” “You are not trying hard enough, apparently. How much attention do you need to pay? How much care do I need to give?” “Naka, I love…” “Me? Really? Well, that explains why you keep doing that.” “I am not good enough sometimes! Okay?” “Yes! I know. And maybe, I am not good enough as well, since I chose to be with you.” Louis started sobbing, “Naka, I am sorry. I don’t know how many times I need to say that….” “It is not the saying. It is the doing .” “I will do it.” “You say that, but how do I know you will?” “You can only rely on time to tell,” Louis said. Naka sighed and sat down, “I really don’t know.” “Just tell me what to do,” Louis kneeled in front of her and held her hand. “You know what to do. Or ...

Day 7. “This is such a series of serendipity,” Crystal said to her sister, Kayce, as she hosed down the lawn with a gas mask on. Kayce looked ahead with a P2 mask on. The sky that was once brown, is now red. “When will this end?” Day 6. Kayce and Crystal sat in their coastal family house while listening to the radio. “Let’s leave our yellow bins out.” Day 5. The sky started to darken. Jackson, their neighbour, quickly took Arthur, Crystal’s son, and Millie, their family dog, in his car. “Please let us know when you guys are safe, yeah? Our boys are in safer towns and I told them you are coming,” Kayce said. “Yeah, of course. Don’t worry, I’ll keep them safe,” Jackson gave them a thumbs up, “Please be safe as well.” “We’ll try,” Kayce tried to force a smile. Crystal was sobbing hard as she kissed Arthur goodbye and watched Jackson drive them away. Day 4. The smoke turned the sky from blue to brown. Kayce watched closely at the TV. “We are now in a watch and ...

Things got a bit out of hand, I’ll admit. It was a night with a crescent moon up high. There were 11 roses on that hedge, as I counted with excitement. I took out my hedge shears, when Ella scared me from the back. “BOO!” “Woah! Ella! I am holding sharp scissors!” Ella noticed them, “Oh no! I am sorry! I didn’t see that!” “It is alright,” I ushered Ella away from me and left the shears under the hedge. “Do you reckon it will be safe here?” Ella asked. “Yeah, and I’ll have to trim the hedge later anyways,” I said, and followed Ella back inside the house. While we were having dinner, I saw a shadow in the corner of my eye, near the rose hedge. “What was that?” “Probably a spider on the window sill,” Ella said. “What?” I am terrified of spiders. “I am sure that web is abandoned, Sylvie. Ella, quit scaring her, she is your older sister,” my mum said. Ella stuck out her tongue at me. “I swear there was someone outside the window,” I shivered. Mum opened the door ...