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Friday, 16 January 2026

You And I - A Story Made Up Of Stories

They are never too close to be intimate nor too far  to be distant - the moon dotes on the earth just like that; the waves kiss the shore
then recede back; the wind caresses the blooms but does not hold the fragrances far too long; you and I make a good pair a little restrained a little aloof, a little carefree a little too obviously callous in each other's company. 

We have not set these boundaries but they have just erupted on their own from our cautiousness of what will people say , how will we face ourselves on our own.

So we pretend to know each other casually if  it demands so and sometimes we let caution to the wind and be brazen no less no more. 

This game we play with our own souls , our lives, our stories and call it a functional collaboration, a ploy agreed upon mutually. 

A plot of blatant lies, camouflaging half truths, emotional gaslighting deliberately construed to bestow a superfluous dignity to a venture which should have been bold enough to stand on its own two feet but instead totters on a deadly combination of vulgar disdain and demure submission.



13 comments:

  1. What an amazing piece of writing! Excellent use of language and so much insight. (I hope it's fictional.)

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    1. Absolutely. Poets can take that liberty of intermingling fiction and reality.

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  2. Wow very deep and yes many games are played There are not many authentic people. Great write

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    1. Yes , we build houses of cards on packs of lies.

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  3. "a functional collaboration" - sounds very business-like.

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    1. Yes. Sometimes relationships are merely transactional.

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    2. Yes. Sometimes relationships are merely transactional.

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  4. I love how you explore the story within a story - Jae

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    1. Thank you so much Jae. You have made my day. And that rhymes too.

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  5. An honest, unsettling reflection on how caution curdles into emotional duplicity. I love the rich metaphors you employ here..

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  6. "a deadly combination of vulgar disdain and demure submission."

    Wonderful writing! It feels like a story inside another story.

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  7. Thank you Penelope. I am glad the essence of the write up resonates with you.

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