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Freedom

March 21, 2019 9 Comments

Freedom

By Akash Hogade

A fresh breeze was blowing. The sun shone just above the horizon. He could actually see it now.

A mighty river flowed before him, and the sun’s golden reflection looked like another sun in the water. The open sky looked as if it had taken its saffron colour from flowers. Leaves rustled; birds chirped. He couldn’t believe it!

Now the game of life and death he had to play was with nature.

He was seeing this. He was feeling this. He was free.

Again.

Forty years after aliens conquered Mother Earth, the last male Homo sapiens was released back into nature.

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  1. Meghashri says

    March 21, 2019 at 2:38 am

    Great story. Sensitive writing.

    You strength of painting imagery in only a few words is impressive. Keep it up!

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  2. Atul Hogade says

    March 21, 2019 at 8:11 am

    Osm??

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  3. Cathy Cade says

    March 21, 2019 at 2:10 pm

    great idea.

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  4. Rajani.B says

    March 21, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    ?

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  5. Lisa Scuderi-Burkimsher says

    March 22, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    Nice sense of imagery.

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  6. David Berger says

    March 25, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    Overwrought, which is hard for 101 words.

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  7. Nam Raj Khatri says

    March 25, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    Very interesting and thoughtful. But I am wondering is it about future or about the past of past. Because Aliens are not there at present.

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  8. Wiam Najjar says

    March 27, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    I love the description

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  9. Reema Sarwal says

    March 28, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    Beautiful imagery! A bit too dystopic? Freedom for a few years in nature, then extinction…

    Reply

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