One Life - Abhranil Das

[I wrote this in high school for a competition organized by Peaceworks, Seagull Publishers, Kolkata, that invited stories for peace from Indian and Pakistani students. My story was selected and inc…...

3 Years Ago

Lily-pad in giant endless ocean under a flat sky

I feel scared thinking of myself afloat on a lily-pad in a giant endless ocean, under a flat sky. There is no home. Float, float, float. There is nobody else. Adrift. It doesn’t mean anything…...

3 Years Ago

Crypto gets its value from magic

When I got into crypto and started buying some, I decided that I should think about where its value really comes from. I realized soon that much of what sets the value is really just speculation: p…...

3 Years Ago

Darkness descends

Darkness descends on me like a great bird’s wings misty hedges, wet back alley float by How long will I be here filled with concrete counting my breath Time is ticking ticking ticking will it…...

3 Years Ago

All at once

The universe is arriving all at once. No refuge where its infinite detail does not bloom to fill all available surface Not a moment’s escape from its unfolding of enormous sky, glass, moving bodies�...

4 Years Ago