Saturday, April 4, 2015

Desire



With a smile on her face, she ticked off the last item on her bucket list, which had 101 items to accomplish before she died.

Taking a five-year sabbatical from her hectic job as a top marketing professional, she had roamed the world, met with people at various corners of the world, and even published a best-seller novel based on her travels.

In the deserted lanes of Palestine, she had met Arnold, the famous American photographer who courted trouble and desired her.

She didn’t want chains, she wanted to be a free bird and couldn’t allow even love to clip her wings- they parted as friends.

Deciding what to do next, she fired her laptop with glee and opened the Google search page to prepare a new list; it was time to name new desires, discover new goals.

19 comments:

  1. The taste of freedom :) Wish it was so easy to take a break and go fulfilling our desires ;)

    Double Jeopardy

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lucky girl that she could achieve all her 101 desires and create a new list.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Nice. I hope to travel around the world someday too. :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love her! What a strong independent woman :) I could see myself in her (minus the bestseller part and Arnold :P)

    ReplyDelete
  5. How I wish that I could be like that girl and become a free bird. But I guess having a lovely family has it's own moments too :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. How I wish i had her courage to do the same...!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Time to name new desires, discover new goals--I like the sounds of that! Maybe it's time to take a page from her book.

    ReplyDelete
  8. It is easy, we only need the desire to do that.:)

    ReplyDelete
  9. I am sure the bestseller part is just round the next corner Aathira. :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Yes Prasanna, it has. But freedom has its own sweet tempting taste.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Ma be we all can one day find that courage.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Yes indeed. Time to take a new step.

    ReplyDelete
  13. A very interesting post! A bucket list of desires! Short, sweet and effective! Well written. Preethi!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Awesome! I would love to read other takes.

    ReplyDelete