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Weekly Contest #363
I was happy — I was sad.I tried my best to give a real smile, but in reality, I was lonely. As long as others thought that I was okay, my actual emotions never mattered. I hardly smiled anyways; I was always stoic and reserved and stayed aloof. If my eyes were up and wide open, people would think that I was happy. If my eyes gave a negative vibe, people would think I was not happy.I lived in a village where it snowed half the year. A few years ago, the snow used to glow. But after a certain incident, it stopped glowing. I couldn’t remember n...
Summer was about to end. The forty-days break was about to end. The fun of staying home all day was about to end. The memories of the vacation were about to be put aside and the dilemma would end. But it was no trouble to me –my life had already ended. Mira and I stopped talking. I didn't know why; we might have or had an argument, or perhaps someone told her something bad about me. We saw each other at the local market last week. She was a few metres away, but the second she saw me and I saw her, she froze. I started walking closer to her....
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