Sunday, October 20, 2013

I knew it was my last day there




5 am! I knew it was my last day there. I decided not to reveal my plans and go ahead with my daily routine. I asked her to prepare some black tea to beat the winters. I prepared breakfast. By 7.30 am we had breakfast and our last cup of tea together.

Around 7.45 am I walked to the bus stop. It will take me to my destination. At 8 am I boarded the bus. The last glimpse I had was of my daughter on her bicycle. She was on her way to school. I waved her goodbye. It was 8.05 am.


 100 Words on Saturday will be up every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
 Today’s prompt is by the very creative Sugandha of Shades of Life.

19 comments:

  1. Wonder why people leave their loved ones behind! Enjoyed reading it.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Sulekha. Maybe the circumstances decided otherwise :)

      Delete
  2. Am still trying to figure out why the protagonist had to take the decision she did, this post is probably a little incomplete without letting the readers at least get a clue of why this decision was taken.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Jairam :) some things are better when they are left unsaid.

      Delete
  3. I am still wondering what made you write this..

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You know why Payal :)Thank you for the read.

      Delete
  4. :(
    But, why leave everything behind? Esp her daughter?

    ReplyDelete
  5. It must be hard to leave your kids to their own devices when you finally return to the workforce. I have yet to take another job that takes me away from them like that. I have been a stay at home mommy since my daughter was born 13 years ago and I wouldn't change it for the world! ♥ Great take on the prompt.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It might have been very hard Kathy to leave one's near and dear one! Thank you for the kind comment :)

      Delete
  6. i wish she had the courage to face whatever problems she had and not give up so easily.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I too wished it was like that Princess. Thank you :)

      Delete
  7. Replies
    1. KP...as there was no turning back. It was destined to be so..Thank you :)

      Delete
  8. Powerful and love the suspense. Hope she postponed her decision for later, what say?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Vishal...yeah, we can assume so many factors, add or subtract a few. Thank you very much for the comment :)

      Delete
  9. Oops! That must be a tough decision!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Some decisions are beyond human control Shilpa. Thank you for your comment :)

      Delete
  10. :( Life is hard but facing it is even more harder at times..

    ReplyDelete

NaPoWriMo-2024 Day-30 Prompt:  Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker is identified with, or compared to, a ...