Category: Inspiration

  • Imagine

    Imagine

    Imagine being alone Here In this room All on your own No hope No one will appear No expectations The door won’t creak Resigned Ready Aware Of the quiet Of the unspoken whisper Of the unbroken peace Of your own heartbeat The only sound In your head And the traffic underneath The door untouched Air unruffled…

  • Sarajevo: What to Read on Your Way Home

    Sarajevo: What to Read on Your Way Home

    Every day, one way or another, I end up being asked about my identity, which I need to express in the way that will be the clearest to my interlocutor. I end up bringing up my national, professional, private, or whatever identity I am required to present at the time. However, the more I think…

  • On a Cloudy Day

    On a Cloudy Day

    The sun appeared out of nowhere and cast its golden breath across the furniture. It stroked the pillows, ruffled the plant’s rowdy leaves, upset the candle. I blinked a couple of times, and it was gone as if it had never been there before. © 2017 Erna G. – All Rights Reserved

  • Someday

    Someday

    ‘OK, we’ll go there someday,’ she said and I said ‘Fine, great’ and walked away since then I’ve been waiting, every day hoping I would not sooner drop dead waiting for her ‘someday’ to come my way via Daily Prompt: Someday © 2017 Erna G.

  • The River

    The River

    It smells like snow tonight The air splits open your lungs Every breath, a pale sprite Whispers in unknown tongues