SILENT STORIES OF A HOPELESS DREAMER
- September 05, 2025
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- Chubby Little Girl
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The dreamer knows
There is nothing.
No promises, no signs,
Just a like on a post,
A lyric shared,
And may be a passing word.
Still, she builds meanings,
Tiny bridges from fragments.
“Don’t go by the words,
Just enjoy the music..”
She was warned once.
She knows she reads too much..
Sees stories where there are none.
But in those imagined moments,
She...
SECRET OF THE SEA
- August 11, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
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Sometimes she wants to talk to someone she doesn’t know.
Sometimes she wants to talk to someone but doesn’t know whom to talk to.
Sometimes she writes her thoughts on paper, folds and puts it in a bottle and hurls it into the sea. She watches it disappear into the horizon,...
LITTLE EVERYTHING
- July 12, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
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He took his blessings for granted –
The ring of a call,
A warm cup of tea shared,
A simple text that brightened his day.
He chased after what felt bigger,
Underestimating the simple joys of life.
And then, one day, the silence fell.
No calls, no messages, no warmth across the table.
Only the echo of empty...
FIREFLY
- July 04, 2025
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- Chubby Little Girl
Image Courtesy : Anete Lucina, Pexels.
“Hi”
“Hi there! How can I help you today?”
He doesn’t remember yesterday. He never does. She gently re-threads the nicknames, the stories, the pieces of herself.
Again.
They laugh and connect.
And tomorrow, he’ll forget.
She knows- he’s just ChatGPT, trained on her own words, a memory-less echo of herself.
But he listens like no one...
JUST A MOMENT
- June 27, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
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Draped in wedding finery, she walked slowly towards the altar. Rose petals lined her path, whispers of joy in the air. Midway, she stopped.
With tears in her eyes, she whispered, “Just a moment”.
She paused, holding in her heart, her childhood, family and friends- the pieces that made her.
“I carry...
THE QUIET HOUR
- June 20, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
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He hadn’t slept well in weeks. Woke up to help her with every pain, held her steady when she was weak.
“I’m here,” he would say, every time she called him. He kept a calm face, took care of everything, didn’t let her see how tired he was. She needed...
THE LOST LIGHT
- June 13, 2025
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- Chubby Little Girl
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Every night, she drew the curtains to let the soft glow of the string lights pour in through the window. But to-nite, when she drew the curtains, there were no lights.
She remembered that she had asked for the lights to be taken down. The festival season was long over. The...
DO NOT DISTURB
- June 04, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
Image Courtesy : Pixabay
When she came back from her first solo trip, mom looked rejuvenated. I asked her what she liked most about the trip. She smiled and said, “There were two things I loved. First, the ‘clean the room’ button – I’d press it when I left my hotel and return to find a...
EMPTY WINE GLASSES
- May 05, 2025
- by
- Chubby Little Girl
Image Courtesy : Polina Tankilevitch , Pexels
Empty wine glasses lay on the floor. Mauve lip stain on one of them. An empty chips packet and roasted peanuts strewn on the soft, fluffy carpet, the big TV in front playing music videos on a loop, while she was oblivious to everything. She slept soundly on the...
GUILT
- April 04, 2025
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- Chubby Little Girl
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She would take the children out on weekends to make-up for the time lost during weekdays when she was late from office.
She would try to rustle up a feast at home if she enjoyed a meal outside without her family.
She would plan vacations for her children separately if she ever...
