Wednesday 6 March 2019

Different yet alike or Alike yet different


He was a part of them, and yet not one of them. He looked like them in appearance but not in the mind. He appeared to be on their side, and yet always followed his own path. He was the youngest in the group, yet mature in his thoughts. He was like that as long as he could remember. 

At seven, when other young boys in the group bathed in the river and played on its banks, he dreamed about sitting with his mother and listening to her songs. At nine, when other boys in class got into fist fights, he talked to his sister. At fourteen, when others talked about girls in deriding manner, he told them stories about brave queens and goddesses that he had heard from his mother. At eighteen, when other boys mistreated their wives, he stayed mum about the way he treated his own. 

He didn't mistreat his wife. But neither did he treat her any special in public. He was educated. But not so much to be able to avoid the social stigma of being called a henpecked husband surrounded by illiterate people he called society.  


Day 3 - Picture prompt



‘I’m Writing Bravely for the Write Tribe Festival of Words – March 2019’



3 comments:

  1. That was an interesting take on the prompt! We are all different from the rest in our way!

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  2. Sad that he never had courage to be what he was and not be afraid. Happy that he treated his wife well.
    Different take on the prompt.

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