Sruthi Putcha

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Forget-You-Not” by Sruthi Putcha

Submitted to Contest #161

I love you so much but Death loves you more.  Death loves you but Time loves me.  Why else would everything be frozen, if not for Time’s sorrow and pity? Time’s gift is an opportunity to weep without fear of judgment, but I don’t take it. It isn’t for a lack of trying, of course. I squeeze and squeeze the rag in my mind holding my tears until my fingers ache.  Maybe sometimes grief isn’t loud or sharp. Maybe sometimes it’s cold, so cold. It coats your heart in an emotionally numbing layer of frost, protecting it unti...

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“What Could Have Been” by Sruthi Putcha

Submitted to Contest #123

The last time I stayed up long enough to see the sunrise was before I killed Mother.  She would bounce into my bed and tickle my chest and neck in the dark hours of the morning. It was very effective in waking up a child from the midst of her sugar-filled dreams. Father says I get grouchy when I don’t wake of my own accord, but that never happened with Mother. I was happy to see her beautiful face and hear her hushed giggles regardless of when or how or whatever discomfort I was feeling.  “Come with me, my darling,” she would s...

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