It was time for me to leave. Leave the comfort of darkness under the bed. “Who was I hurting? No one!”, I was agitated. A life of selflessness and it is I who must give up her principles. It is all very confusing. To take on the burden of teaching and informing the world is not an easy task. I always reminded myself of that. Only the toughie toughs can do that. Jake and I have been pals since he was born. More like since he started crawling and then could stand up and finally move around. Before I signed up for the job, I made it abundantly clear to my employers that I would not go on scaring the little kid or kids I was going to be assigned to. It is not fair. But, I realized the kids also need to know about the demons and evils in the world. So, I decided to appear apparition-y. I worked on my deportment. And, it worked. I would spread out like a whirl of shadow and eat jam crackers. He wouldn’t see that. Only me. But one thing was for sure even befo...
Banters of an enamoured soul, in all shades of grey. Life. Poetry. Some Proses. Light and Dark.