SoraShe walked out of the house. It felt like something heavy sat in her stomach—something she couldn't digest. She felt trapped. The red of the sunset in the gloomy sky looked like a bloodied dagger. She imagined stabbing herself just to pull that dark weight out. She walked toward the sunset, wishing she could cry.

Yesterday was a nice cloudy day. We prepared our lunch and got out to spend our afternoon outside. We passed our alley and hiked through gardens to get to foresty hills near us. We hiked fast to warm up and when we got to our spot , we've done our Yoga practice which we do every day. As we were breathing and doing the movements, I felt that my energy is rising and I can see my surroundings more vividly . It was the best feelings.

Sometimes, when she felt beaten by life or overwhelmed with pain, an image of a desert would come to her mind, a place where nothing existed around her. The absence of things would bring her a brief sense of comfort, but it didn’t take long for a feeling of emptiness and terror to set in.

pixelcutThe man felt like he was in a maze and couldn’t find the way out. He was tired. Why had his life turned out like this? Where had he fallen short? He remembered his daughter’s eyes. Those captivating eyes were killing him. He didn’t know how to respond to the words in that gaze. What if his daughter realized how deeply defeated he felt inside?

pixelcutShe stood there for so long on her thin feet with her bloody wings. She knew that she had to jump. Her wings were heavy and wet and in front of her was a mirror which she was avoiding all her life. There was nowhere else to go and the ground under her was collapsing. Those eyes! She was stunned like whenever she had seen those predatory eyes in front of her. There was no time to hesitate. She closed her eyes and felt the emotions that had always been suppressed. She felt hatred and anger and she felt love. She was strong and weak at the same time. When she opened her eyes the devilish image of her was gone and instead of that was the infinite reflection of her image.

Yesterday we had multiple power outage here . During the first one we decided to spend our time outside instead of sitting around and waitingWe went to one of our good spots nearby with a water stream and a good Walnut tree with lots of shade. We climbed the tree and put our feet in the water , we were still hot but it was a good feeling