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Ripped Finesse

  Draped curtains in the darkened room, the only source of light was the flickering candle, I can’t imagine it otherwise, dark gloomy lifeless room a perfect visual of my crestfallen state at this sad hour. But can you blame me, how can I be happy when my whole world is being crushed mercilessly. How utterly moron I was to think that I could find a way out of this misery. My dreams crumble into pieces of broken glass cutting my skin in the process, lying like a lifeless soul on the crumpled maroon sheets I tried to reach for my phone on the side table, forgotten in amidst chaos that wrecked me last night. Thinking about that still brings a sour taste in my mouth. ‘Hope’, what a pathetic thing. ‘Yet you clung onto its very last remnant.’ My tired mind supplied. Turning on the metallic device, the bright light burned my worn out eyes, rubbing pale hands to soothe the abused skin I tried to make out the time. 3 A.M. God! I need to get out of here. Would I be able to run away from this...
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Blind love

               “Blind Love” Once there was a girl. Her name was Margaret Brantley. She lived in a small town in Ireland where their family customs, traditions, norms and values were highly respected and it was obligatory for them to follow the set traditions. Her mother spent her whole life according to her husband and in laws will. Women perspective was not valued as much in their family and was not given any importance to their decisions. Margaret’s father was considered as head of family and he only had the authority to take all the decisions about their house matters as well as their lives. Women in their family were not even allowed to go out alone or study abroad. Margaret was only child of her parents and she was very intelligent. She possessed God gifted qualities that how difficult the question or situation she had the ability to handle with politeness. She insisted her father to give her the permission to study in University of Lond...
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