Hotline to Ma

Prompt: If you had a hotline to anyone, dead or alive, and twenty minutes to say or ask whatever you wish, who would you choose? And what would you say to them? Well, too many (how the heck do you choose just one???) If I really had to choose though, it would be my maternal …

A dialogue without word(s)

Day 19 Prompt: Write anything without using the nineteenth letter of the alphabet. There we both were. Alone. Looking at each other, the air thick with raw energy that threatened to choke the life out of me. A gaze told me, "Only if you want me to." My gaze dropped to a mouth, and I placed my …

Day 18 – Photo challenge

I am a writer, and therefore a lover of words. I like them sweet, sassy, witty...and I especially love them on t-shirts. The following are some I really wish I had in my wardrobe...  

Haiku – ‘Folded Hands’

Sitting in my car. Staring at your folded hands. Trembling in my skin.

16

Sixteen is the legal age for driving in the US - here in RSA, it is actually 18. But I was one of those rare anomalies who was in no rush to get behind the wheel. Contrary to what people may think, not being able to drive was not a liability to me. I was …

Day 15 – No words necessary

It's the first time he's ever seen them. For the most part, I am at peace with my imperfections, happy in my skin. My scars are part of my story, part of me. But his silent scrutiny is awakening old insecurities. He tells me often enough that he finds me beautiful. I usually blush and …

Sonnet 27 Reboot

This challenge terrified me. I have written poems before, but I am by no means a poet, and to come up with one in less than a day...let's just say I was not confident in my ability. So I took some inspiration from Shakespeare, and rebooted my favourite sonnet. This is what I've come up …

Luck? Or Divine Intervention

A good few years ago, I came home from school and my sister asked me to go somewhere with her that evening. I'm not even sure what errand she needed to run, but since she'd have to do it after dark, she didn't want to drive alone. Something prevented me from going with her that …

Day 12 – Gratitude

I was really looking forward to today's prompt. Too often we seem to be fixated on the things that go wrong or what we don't have, that we forget to be thankful for the many blessings we do enjoy. Islam: First thing I am grateful for is to have been born a Muslim. Islam in …

Day 11 -Sisterly love

  I have many sisters - 7 to be exact, 6 older and 1 younger. I love them all, and have a different relationship with each one. However, I am closest to my youngest sister, because of all the siblings, we were together at home the longest. She knows all my weirdness, sensitivities, quirks, strengths. …